LEADER 04058nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910822496803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-107-12116-7 010 $a0-511-01620-4 010 $a1-280-43273-X 010 $a0-511-17403-9 010 $a0-511-15349-X 010 $a0-511-30346-7 010 $a0-511-49494-7 010 $a0-511-04655-3 035 $a(CKB)111056485653614 035 $a(EBL)201708 035 $a(OCoLC)559337970 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147379 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11163619 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147379 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10006117 035 $a(PQKB)11239106 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511494949 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201708 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201708 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10014597 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL43273 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485653614 100 $a20000901d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe enforceability of promises in European contract law /$fedited by James Gordley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, UK ;$aNew York $cCambridge University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (xxxiii, 478 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in international and comparative law ;$v[17].$aCommon core of European private law project 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-10868-3 311 $a0-521-79021-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $a1. Some perennial problems -- 2. Contemporary solutions -- Case 1. promises of gifts -- Case 2. promises of compensation for services rendered without charge -- Case 3. promises to pay debts not legally due -- Case 4. a promise to come to dinner -- Case 5. promises to store goods without charge -- Case 6. promises to do a favour -- Case 7. promises to loan goods without charge -- Case 8. a requirements contract -- Case 9. promises to pay more than was agreed I -- Case 10. promises to pay more than was agreed II -- Case 11. promises to do more than was agreed; promises to waive a condition -- Case 12. promises to take less than was agreed -- Case 13. options given without charge -- Case 14. promises of rewards -- Case 15. promises of commissions -- 3. Comparisons. 330 $aCivil law and common law systems are held to enforce promises differently: civil law, in principle, will enforce any promise, while common law will enforce only those with 'consideration'. In that respect, modern civil law supposedly differs from the Roman law from which it descended, where a promise was enforced depending on the type of contract the parties had made. This 2001 volume is concerned with the extent to which these characterizations are true, and how these and other differences affect the enforceability of promises. Beginning with a concise history of these distinctions, the volume then considers how twelve European legal systems would deal with fifteen concrete situations. Finally, a comparative section considers why legal systems enforce certain promises and not others, and what promises should be enforced. This is the second completed project of The Common Core of European Private Law launched at the University of Trento. 410 0$aCambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ;$v17. 410 0$aCambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996).$pCommon core of European law project. 606 $aContracts$zEurope 606 $aPromise (Law)$zEurope 615 0$aContracts 615 0$aPromise (Law) 676 $a346.02/094 701 $aGordley$b James$0234752 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822496803321 996 $aEnforceability of promises in european contract law$9981880 997 $aUNINA