A Critical First Glance at the Common European Sales Law Project by the Digital Consumer Law Approach

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. List of Authors ix
4. Table of Contents xi
5. European Private Law: Why, How, What and Who? 1
6. The Europeanisation of Private Law: Problems and Perspectives 11
7. The Commission Proposal for a “Regulation on a Common European Sales Law (CESL)” – Too Broad or not Broad Enough? 21
8. The ‘Legal Basis’ of European Private Law in the Light of EU Constitutionalisation 33
9. European Law: From ‘Market’ to ‘Citizenship’ 47
10. A Common European Sales Law (CESL) for Business-to-Business Contracts 65
11. The ‘Instruments’ for Implementing European Private Law – The Influence of the ECJ Case Law on the Development and Formation of European Private Law 77
12. Optional Law for Firms and Consumers: Economic Benefits of Opting into the Common European Sales Law? 93
13. European Consumer Law and its Consolidation 111
14. The Internal Relationships of EU Consumer Contract Laws: Unfair Contract Terms, Unfair Commercial Practices and CESL 117
15. European Property Law – Transfer of Ownership of Movables 131
16. From Euratom Property Law to European Union Property Law: A Concise Overview of the Development Towards a European Property Law 149
17. Which Future for the European Law of Successions? 161
18. Interpretation of Contracts in European Private Law 181
19. Incorporation and Unfairness of Standard Contract Terms Under the Proposal for a Common European Sales Law 191
20. The Application of the CESL to a Contract for the Supply of Digital Content (e.g. Software) 205
21. A Critical First Glance at the Common European Sales Law Project by the Digital Consumer Law Approach 217