| Description |
xii, 302 pages : 1 portret ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Part I: Fundamentals and method. 1. Stare decisis in civil law countries: the last bastion / Hans W. Baade -- 2. Alterity: about rules, for example / Pierre Legrand -- 3. Comparative law and the legal mind / Geoffrey Samuel. Part II: Property theory. 4. Property: rights in rem or wealth? / Jim Harris -- 5. Primary rights and rights in rem / Arianna Pretto. Part III: Property specifics. 6. Property and legal culture in France / John Bell -- 7. Are intangible assets fungible? / Roy Goode -- 8. The origin of riparian rights / James Gordley -- 9. Tuttifrutti / Michele Graziadei. Part IV: Obligations. 10. Comparative unjust enrichment / Peter Birks -- 11. Defects of consent and security of contract: French and English law compared / John Cartwright -- 12. Ius cogens, ius dispositivum, and the law of personal work contracts / Mark Freedland. Part V: Form and formality. 13. Formation of contracts on the Internet / Gerhard Dannemann -- 14. The reformulation of contractual formality / Simon Whittaker. Part VI: Reform. 15. Les limites d'un droit europeen du travail / Xavier Blanc-Jouvan -- 16. Should Europe codify trust? / Ugo Mattei -- 17. Insurance law in post-Soviet Russia / Vladislav Moudrykh -- 18. Modernizing the German law of obligations? / Reinhard Zimmermann |
| Summary |
Compiled in honour of Bernard Rudden, this is a book of essays in comparative law centering on the contribution which comparative analysis can make to the core subjects of private law, namely property and obligations |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes bibliography of Bernard Rudden (pages 289-296) |
| Subject |
Rudden, Bernard.
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Property.
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Obligations (Law)
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Comparative law.
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| Author |
Birks, Peter, 1941-2004, editor
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Pretto-Sakmann, Arianna, editor
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| LC no. |
2003267684 |
| ISBN |
0199258562 |
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