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Title Precontractual liability in European private law / edited by John Cartwright, Martijn Hesselink
Published Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 509 pages)
Series The Common core of European private law
Common core of European private law.
Contents 1. Introduction / John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink -- 2. Case studies: Negotiations for premises for a bookshop -- Negotiations for renewal of a lease -- Mistake about ownership of land to be sold -- An architect's prepatory work for a contract which does not materialize: parallel negotiations -- A broken engagement -- An express lock-out agreement -- Breakdown of merger negotiations -- A shopping centre without a tenant -- Breakdown of negotiations to build a house for a friend -- Public bidding -- A contract for the sale of a house which fails for lack of formality -- Confidential design information given during negotiations -- Misrepresentation or silence about a harvester's capacity -- 3. From the comon law to the civil law: the experience of Israel / Nili Cohen -- 4. A law and economics perspective on precontractual liability / Eleonora Melato and Francesco Parisi -- 5. Conclusions / John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink
Summary This volume outlines European perspectives on the liability which may follow a break-off of precontractual negotiations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Contracts, Preliminary -- Europe -- Digests
Liability (Law) -- Europe -- Digests
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Contracts, Preliminary
Liability (Law)
Precontractuele fase.
Internationaal privaatrecht.
avant-contrat -- responsabilité contractuelle -- Union européenne -- études diverses.
Europe
Europa (geografie)
Genre/Form Digests
Form Electronic book
Author Cartwright, John, 1957-
Hesselink, Martijn Willem, 1968-
LC no. 2008049678
ISBN 9780521516013
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