ContentsPreface PART A INTRODUCTION1. Contract law in the 21st century - the purpose of this book 2. A case-oriented and multilateral approach to the teaching and studying ofcomparative law: the approach used in this book 3. Is it legitimate and beneficial for judges to compare? PART B CASE STUDIESI. Formation of contracts1. Offer or invitation to treat (invitatio ad offerendum)?2. Conditions for the formation of a contract - agreement or more? (cause andconsideration)3. Obligation to maintain an offer or freedom to revoke it?4.

Modification of contracts - the free will of the parties or limits on thefreedom to contract (consideration revisited)?5. The battle of formsII. Performance of contracts6. A right to performance of the contract or only a right to damages?7. Damages and the role of fault in the event of delivery of goods not inconformity with the contract8. Contractual penalty clauses9. Termination or alteration of a contract in the event of a fundamentalchange of circumstances? (Clausula rebus sic stantibus or impr.vision)10.

Contracts and the transfer of ownership in movable propertyIII. The law applicable to cross-border contracts and the future ofEuropean contract law11. The law applicable to cross-border contracts (introduction)12. The future of European contract lawIndex.