Comparative Contract Law WP-PR-MON-CCL
Topics, which will be discussed during the classes:
I) Introduction: what is 'Comparative Law'?
II) Legal systems around the world - in particular common and civil law systems
III) Contract Law Theory
IV) Framework of European contract law
V) Selected other systems of contract law, in particular English and U.S. contract law
VI) Most important aspects of comparative contract law:
- sources of contract law
- promise and contract
- formation of contract
- negotiations
- content
- interpretation
- defects of consent
- breach of contract and remedies
- supervening events
VII) UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
VIII) Case study: Legal framework for digital contracts in the EU and in the common law coutries.
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(in Polish) E-Learning
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(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS
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Student potrafi posługiwać się̨ językiem obcym na poziomie biegłości B2+ Europejskiego Systemu Opisu Kształcenia Językowego Rady Europy.
Bibliography
E. Calzolaio, Comparative Contract Law. An Introduction, Routledge, 2022.
T. Graziano, Comparative Contract Law, Second Edition: Cases, Materials and Exercises, E. Elgar, 2019.
A. Farnsworth, Comparative contract law, [In:] M. Reimann, R. Zimmermann (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, 2006.
H. Kötz, Comparative Contract Law, [In:] M. Reimann, R. Zimmermann (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, 2019.
J. Cartwright, Contract Law. An Introduction to the English Law of Contract for the Civil Lawyer, Hart Publishing, 2023.
E. McKendrick, Contract Law. Text, Cases and Materials, Oxford, 2022.
H. Kötz, European Contract Law, Oxford, 2017.
Z. Radwański, A. Olejniczak, Prawo cywilne - część ogólna, 2023.
Z. Radwański, A. Olejniczak, J. Grykiel, Zobowiązania - część ogólna, 2022.
Z. Radwański, J. Panowicz-Lipska Zobowiązania - część szczegółowa, 2022.
M. Siems, Comparative Law, Cambridge, 2022.
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