Nouveau Code Civil Neerlandais

La traduction fran\(aise du livre I du nouveau Code civil neerlandais, relatif au droit des personnes et de la famille, a ete redigee par MM. Louis F. Ganshof et Charles Petit it la demande du Ministre de la Justice des Pays-Bas. ElIe ne peut cependant pas etre consideree comme une traduction officielIe; son but essentiel a ete de mettre ce nouveau texte it la disposition de ceux qui, tout en n'ayant pas une connaissance suffisante de la langue neerlandaise, veu lent s'informer du droit en vigueur aux Pays-Bas, que ce soit it l'occasion de litiges d'ordre judiciaire ou d'etudes de droit compare. Le texte neerlandais du livre I a ete arrete par les lois des I I decembre 1 1958, Stb. 590 et 591, et 3 avril 1969, Stb. 167. Le livre I est entre en vigueur Ie ler janvier 1970, et a ete modifie par les lois des 24 decembre 1970, Stb. 612, 31 mars 1971, Stb. 397, 6 mai 1971, Stb. 290 et 17 fevrier 1972, Stb. 85. La loi du 6 mai 197 I, modifiant les regles en matiere de divorce et de separation de corps, est d'une importance particuliere. La presente traduction est celIe du texte en vigueur it la date du 30 juin 1972. Ministere de la Justice Section du nouveau Code civil. 1 Staatsblad: Journal officiel. IX TITRE 1 DISPOSITIONS GENERALES Article I.I. Tous ceux qui se trouvent aux Pays-Bas sont libres et capables de jouir des droits civils.

The topic of harmonisation of European private law, and European contract law in particular, is rapidly gaining in importance. The topic is not only widely studied by academics and students all over Europe (and even beyond), it is also on the political agenda of the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the European Council. The most important achievement in this field is no doubt the Principles of European Contract Law (PECL), drafted by the Commission on European Contract Law. The European Commission considers the PECL to be a serious option for further harmonisation of European contract law within the European Union. This publication is the first to provide a systematic overview of the PECL in comparison with Dutch contract law as a whole. The book is concise and because of its structure it is easily accessible. Amongst the contributors there are many highly distinguished contract law specialists. It may be used at universities in courses on Comparative Law, European Private Law, and European Contract Law. It may also be used by international practitioners, foreign students, and academics interested in Dutch contract law who do not have access to Dutch contract law because they have no knowledge of the Dutch language. Last but not least, the book will be of interest to all jurists interested in the harmonisation of the European Private Law.

The aim of the book is to highlight the law and economics issues confronting civil law countries.

The nineteen outstanding contributors to this deeply insightful book concur in envisioning a fundamentally new systematic concept of contract law that, while preserving the essential and‘architectureand’ of the existing European codes, would nonetheless find cogent ways to integrate such modern developments as mass transactions, chains and networks of contracts, regulation of markets and contracts to protect consumers, and service and long-term contracts into an optional European code. The book is organised along three major avenues: and• the systematic arrangement of a contract law code - how it deals with core questions of formation and performance or breach of contract, such as mistake and misrepresentation, standard contract terms, and remedies in the case of breach of contract; and• the apparent necessity to merge consumer contract law (i.e. such issues as product safety and liability, warranties, and consumer debt and insolvency) with traditional core contract law concepts; and and• the importance to substantive contract law of the pre-contractual phase, in which information duties are becoming steadily more paramount. The authors perspectives cover a wide range of jurisdictions, including new EU Member States. The bookand’s commitment to an integration of comparative law, EC law, and the debate on European codification offers practitioners and academics fertile ground for the development of a new model of contract law that is more than a common denominator of what has been in force so far. This model may serve as a basis for Europe-wide and perhaps even worldwide discussion.

Currently, China is drafting its new Civil Code. Against this background, the Chinese legal community has shown a growing interest in various legal and legislative ideas from around the world. "Towards a Chinese Civil Code" aims at providing the necessary historical and comparative legal perspectives. The book addresses the following topics: property law, contract law, tort law and civil procedure.

After an extended period in which the European Community has merely nibbled at the edges of national contract law, the bite of a 'European contract law' has lately become more pronounced. Many areas of law, from competition and consumer law to gender equality law, are now the subject of determined efforts at harmonisation, though they are perhaps often seen as peripheral to mainstream commercial contract law. Despite continuing doubts about the constitutional competence of the Commission to embark on further harmonisation in this area, European contract law is now taking shape with the Commission prompting a debate about what it might attempt. A central aspect of this book is the report of a remarkable survey carried out by the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law in collaboration with Clifford Chance, which sought the views of European businesses about the advantages and disadvantages of further harmonisation. The final report of this survey brings much needed empirical data to a debate that has thus far lacked clear evidence of this sort. The survey is embedded in a range of original and up-to-date essays by leading European contract scholars reviewing recent developments, questioning progress so far and suggesting areas where further analysis and research will be required