- •Contents
- •Preface
- •Contributors
- •Abbreviations
- •General abbreviations
- •Introduction and Conclusions
- •Case studies: abbreviations by country
- •Austria
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •From the common law to the civil law: the experience of Israel
- •Note on translations of foreign language statutory provisions
- •1 Introduction
- •A. The Common Core Project
- •b. Method
- •2. Methodological criticism
- •a. Functionalism
- •b. Neutrality, scientific method and the politics of comparative law
- •B. The precontractual liability project
- •1. General
- •2. The questionnaire
- •a. Precontractual liability
- •b. Legal formants
- •3. The cases
- •4. The national reports
- •2 Case studies
- •Case 1: Negotiations for premises for a bookshop
- •Case 1
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 2: Negotiations for renewal of a lease
- •Case 2
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 3: Mistake about ownership of land to be sold
- •Case 3
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 4
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 5: A broken engagement
- •Case 5
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 6: An express lock-out agreement
- •Case 6
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 7: Breakdown of merger negotiations
- •Case 7
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 8: A shopping centre without a tenant
- •Case 8
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 9: Breakdown of negotiations to build a house for a friend
- •Case 9
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 10: Public bidding
- •Case 10
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 11
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 12: Confidential design information given during negotiations
- •Case 12
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •Case 13
- •Discussions
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •3 From the common law to the civil law: the experience of Israel
- •The dilemma
- •Israeli law under the common law: no rule of precontractual liability
- •Section 12 of the Contracts Law
- •Rule of precontractual liability
- •Civil law impact
- •Section 12 and other grounds of precontractual liability
- •Nature of liability under section 12
- •Evaluation of section 12
- •Analysis of cases
- •Case 1 Negotiations for premises for a bookshop
- •Case 2 Negotiations for renewal of a lease
- •Case 3 Mistake about ownership of land to be sold
- •Case 5 A broken engagement
- •Case 6 An express lock-out agreement
- •Case 7 Breakdown of merger negotiations
- •Case 8 A shopping centre without a tenant
- •Case 9 Breakdown of negotiations to build a house for a friend
- •Case 10 Public bidding
- •Case 11 A contract for the sale of a house which fails for the lack of formality
- •Case 12 Confidential design information given during negotiations
- •From a standard to rules: two categories of bad faith
- •Misrepresentation
- •Broken promises and frustrated expectations
- •Was there a price to be paid for the move?
- •4 A law and economics perspective on precontractual liability
- •The problem
- •Law and economics models of precontractual liability
- •An economic perspective on eight hypothetical cases
- •Case 1 Negotiations for premises for a bookshop
- •Case 2 Negotiations for renewal of a lease
- •Case 3 Mistake about ownership of land to be sold
- •Case 5 A broken engagement
- •Case 6 An express lock-out agreement
- •Case 8 A shopping centre without a tenant
- •Conclusion
- •5 Conclusions
- •The problem of precontractual liability
- •Peculiarity of the precontractual phase
- •Imposing liability in the precontractual phase: balancing the arguments
- •The negotiations: a legally significant relationship?
- •Expectation, reliance and shifting the economic risk of the negotiations
- •Placing the liability: contract, tort or tertium quid?
- •Two (extreme?) illustrations: English law and Dutch law
- •English law: the most restrictive?
- •Dutch law: the most expansive?
- •The range of solutions: similarity and difference in particular cases
- •Similarities of result?
- •Differences of result
- •Drawing together the threads
- •Different techniques in dealing with the precontractual phase
- •Influence of other legal practices and policies
- •Commercial context and risk allocation
- •Superficiality of similarity and difference in results
- •A common core?
- •Bibliography
- •1. General bibliography, introduction and conclusions
- •2. Case studies: bibliography by country
- •Austria
- •Denmark
- •England
- •Finland
- •France
- •Germany
- •Greece
- •Ireland
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Norway
- •Portugal
- •Scotland
- •Spain
- •Sweden
- •Switzerland
- •3. From the common law to the civil law: the experience of Israel
- •Index
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ab brev iations |
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QB |
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Law Reports, Queen’s Bench Division |
QC |
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Queen’s Counsel |
RPC |
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Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases |
VR |
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Victorian Reports (Australia) |
WLR |
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Weekly Law Reports |
Italy |
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App. |
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Corto d’Appello (Appeal Court) |
Cass |
|
Corte di cassation |
c.c. |
|
Codice civile (Italian Civil Code) |
CI |
|
Contratto e Impresa (legal periodical) |
Cons. Stato |
Consiglio di Stato |
|
Corte Cost. |
Corte Costituzionale (Constitutional Court) |
|
Cost. |
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La Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana |
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(Italian Constitution) |
c.p. |
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Codice penale (Criminal Code) |
c.p.c. |
|
Codice di procedura civile (Code of Civil |
|
|
Procedure) |
DL |
|
Diritto del Lavoro (legal periodical) |
D.Lgs. |
|
Decreto legislativo (legislative decree) |
Enc. Dir. |
Enciclopedia del diritto (legal encyclopaedia) |
|
Enc. Giur. |
Enciclopedia giuridica (legal encyclopaedia) |
|
Foro it |
|
Il foro italiano (legal periodical) |
GC |
|
Giustizia civile (legal periodical) |
Giur com |
Giurisprudenza commerciale (legal periodical) |
|
GI |
|
Giurisprudenza italiana (legal periodical) |
L |
|
Legge (law) |
lav. |
|
lavoro (employment) |
Novissimo Dig |
Novissimo Digesto Italiano (legal encyclopaedia) |
|
pen. |
|
penale (criminal) |
PRET |
|
Pretura (District Court) |
RCDP |
|
Rivista critica di diretto privato (legal periodical) |
RCP |
|
Responsabilita` civile et previdenza (legal periodical) |
r.d. |
|
Royal Decree |
RDC |
|
Rivista di diritto civile (legal periodical) |
RDCo |
|
Rivista di diritto commerciale (legal periodical) |
Riv. Giur. Sarda |
Rivista giuridica Sarda (legal periodical) |
|
RTDPC |
|
Rivista trimestrale di diretto e procedura civile |
|
|
(legal periodical) |
sez. |
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Sezione (Section of the Corte di cassation) |
|
abbreviations |
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S.U. |
Sezione Unite (United Sections of the |
|
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Corte di cassation) |
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TAR-T |
Tribunale amministrativo regionale (regional |
|
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administrative court) |
|
TRIB-T |
Tribunale (Court of first instance) |
|
Netherlands |
|
|
AA |
Ars Aequi (legal periodical) |
|
BW |
Burgerlijk Wetboek (Dutch Civil Code) |
|
ERPL |
European Review of Private Law |
|
HR |
Hoge Raad des Nederlanden (Supreme Court) |
|
NJ |
Nederlandse Jurisprudentie (law journal) |
|
NJB |
Nederlands Juristenblad (law journal) |
|
WPNR |
Weekblad voor Privaatrecht, Notariaat en Registratie |
|
|
(law journal) |
|
Norway |
|
|
JT |
Juridisk Tidskrift (law journal, Sweden) |
|
JV |
Jussens Venner (law journal) |
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NIR |
Nordiskt Immateriellt Ra¨ttsskydd (Nordic Intellectual |
|
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Property Law Review) |
|
NJA |
Nytt Juridisk Arkiv (Swedish Supreme Court |
|
|
Reports) |
|
RG |
Rettens Gang (law reports of lower courts) |
|
Rt |
Norsk Retstidende (Norwegian Supreme Court |
|
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Reports) |
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TfR |
Tidsskrift for Rettsvidenskap (law journal) |
|
Portugal |
|
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BMJ |
Boletim do Ministerio da Justic¸a (law reports) |
|
CC |
Co´digo Civil (Portuguese Civil Code) |
|
CJ |
Colectaˆnea de Jurisprudeˆncia (law journal) |
|
RC |
Relac¸ao~ de Coimbra (Appeal Court of Coimbra) |
|
RL |
Relac¸ao~ de Lisboa (Appeal Court of Lisboa) |
|
ROA |
Revista da Ordem dos Advogados (law journal) |
|
STJ |
Supremo Tribunal de Justic¸a (Supreme Court) |
|
Scotland |
|
|
AC |
Law Reports, Appeal Cases |
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affd. |
affirmed |
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ab brev iations |
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CSOH |
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Court of Session, Outer House |
D |
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Dunlop’s Session Cases |
Edin LR |
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Edinburgh Law Review |
F |
|
Fraser’s Session Cases |
FC |
|
Faculty of Advocates, Collection of Decisions |
|
|
(law reports) |
GWD |
|
Greens Weekly Digest (case summaries) |
HL |
|
House of Lords |
M |
|
Macpherson’s Session Cases |
R |
|
Rettie’s Session Cases |
S |
|
Shaw’s Session Cases |
SC |
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Session Cases |
Sh Ct Rep |
Sheriff Court Reports |
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SLT |
|
Scots Law Times |
Spain |
|
|
BOE |
|
Boletin Oficial del Estado (law reports) |
CC |
|
Co´digo Civil (Spanish Civil Code) |
RCL |
|
Repertorio crono´logico de legislacio´n |
|
|
(legislation) |
RJ |
|
Repertorio de jurisprudencia (law reports) |
STS |
|
Sentencias del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia en |
|
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Materia Civil (decisions of the Supreme Court) |
Sweden |
|
|
CA |
|
Avtalslagen (1915:218) (Contract Act) |
JB |
|
Jordabalken av den 17 december 1970 (Real |
|
|
Estate Code) |
JT |
|
Juridisk Tidskrift (law journal) |
NJA |
|
Nytt Juridisk Arkiv (Swedish Supreme Court |
|
|
Reports) |
PA |
|
Lag om offentlig upphandling (1992:1528) |
|
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(Procurement Act) |
prop. |
|
Regeringens proposition (approximates to a |
|
|
Government Bill) |
SGA |
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Ko¨plagen (1990:931) (Sale of Goods Act) |
SOU |
|
Statens Offentliga Utredningar (official reports |
|
|
of legislative and investigation commissions) |
TSA |
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Lag om skydd fo¨ r fo¨ retagshemligheter |
|
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(1990:409) (Trade Secrets Act) |