Introduction
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Ruth Sefton-Green
Abstract
The Study Group on Social Justice in European Private Law was born at the University of Amsterdam in September 2003, at the initiative of Hugh Collins and Martijn Hesselink. Further meetings took place at the London School of Economics (January 2004), and Paris (April 2004), thanks to the UMR de droit comparé de Paris I, Université Paris I (notably the Director, Hélène Ruiz Fabri and a member of the group, Horatia Muir Watt) where various interested members of the group from throughout Europe convened to deliberate. From these meetings and intensive e-mail discussions emerged the collective Manifesto on Social Justice in European Contract Law. The Manifesto was published in November 2004 in the European Law Journal.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Introduction
- The Constitutional Competence of the EU to Deliver Social Justice
- Social Justice, Constitutional Principles and Protection of the Weaker Contractual Party
- The Constitutionalization of European Contract Law: Judicial Convergence and Social Justice
- Social Justice and the Market in European Contract Law
- An Optional Instrument and Social Dumping
- The Alchemy of Deriving General Principles of Contract Law from European Legislation: In Search of the Philosopher's Stone
- The Eye of the Storm: on the Case for Harmonising Principles of Damages as a Remedy in Contract Law
- Abuse of Dominant Position: A System of Undistorted Competition or Social Protection?
- The Old and the New Limits to Freedom of Contract in Europe
- Social Justice and European Identity in European Contract Law
- ECJ – CaixaBank France
- European Community Legislation and Actions
- The European Commission's Common Frame of Reference Project: a progress report
- Other News
Articles in the same Issue
- Introduction
- The Constitutional Competence of the EU to Deliver Social Justice
- Social Justice, Constitutional Principles and Protection of the Weaker Contractual Party
- The Constitutionalization of European Contract Law: Judicial Convergence and Social Justice
- Social Justice and the Market in European Contract Law
- An Optional Instrument and Social Dumping
- The Alchemy of Deriving General Principles of Contract Law from European Legislation: In Search of the Philosopher's Stone
- The Eye of the Storm: on the Case for Harmonising Principles of Damages as a Remedy in Contract Law
- Abuse of Dominant Position: A System of Undistorted Competition or Social Protection?
- The Old and the New Limits to Freedom of Contract in Europe
- Social Justice and European Identity in European Contract Law
- ECJ – CaixaBank France
- European Community Legislation and Actions
- The European Commission's Common Frame of Reference Project: a progress report
- Other News