Preface List of Contributors 1. A Comparative Introduction to Default Rules, Birke Häcker (University of Bonn, Germany) 2. Regulation by Means of Default Rules, Alexander Hellgardt (University of Augsburg, Germany) 3. Behavioural Aspects of Default Rules, Geneviève Helleringer (University of Oxford, UK) 4. Digitising Defaults: Methods and Mechanisms of Generating Default Rules in the Digital Age, Florian Möslein (University of Marburg, Germany) 5. Default Rules in the Common Law: Substantive Rules and Precedent, Philip Sales (Supreme Court of the United Kingdom) 6. Default Rules as a Means of European Integration, Jürgen Basedow (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany) 7. Default Rules in Contract Law, John Cartwright (University of Oxford, UK) 8.

The Nature and Function of Default Rules in English Consumer Contract Law, Simon Whittaker (University of Oxford, UK) 9. The Nature and Function of Default Rules in Commercial Law, Louise Gullifer (University of Cambridge, UK) 10. Default Norms in Labour Law: From Private Right to Public Law, Alan Bogg (University of Bristol, UK) 11. The Nature and Function of Default Rules in Succession Law: A Comparative Analysis, Gregor Christandl (University of Graz, Austria) 12. The (Changing) Role of Default Rules in Civil Procedure and Arbitration, Giesela Rühl (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany) 13. Private International Default Rules, Johannes Ungerer (University of Oxford, UK).