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Record Nr.

UNINA9910530451903321

Titolo

European contract law and the welfare state / / edited by Jacobien Rutgers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Groningen : , : Europa Law Publishing, , 2012

ISBN

90-8952-121-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

European studies in private law ; ; 4

Disciplina

346.24

Soggetti

Contracts - European Union countries

Conflict of laws - Contracts - European Union countries

Welfare state - European Union countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This book publishes the papers of a workshop held at the Free University of Amsterdam.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Jacobien Rutgers -- National welfare as transitional justice? An institutional analysis of the normative (in)coherence of Europe's social dimension / Floris de Witte -- Patient autonomy in Europe / Anniek de Ruijter -- Labour law, Union law and the real and alleged impact on the welfare state(s) / Klara Boonstra -- Services of general interest, contract law and the welfare state / Peter Rott -- Self-regulation in the consumer field : the Dutch approach / Thom van Mierlo -- A comparison of the institutional implications of the Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts in France and the UK / Ruth Sefton-Green -- The institutional implications of the Unfair Terms Directive in Poland / Rafał Mańko.

Sommario/riassunto

This book publishes the papers of a workshop held at the Free University of Amsterdam and which aimed to explore the potential of applying the political science theory of the welfare-state-types to contract law.