Stefan Vogenauer is Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Brasenose College and Director of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law. Stephen Weatherill is Jacques Delors Professor of European Law at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Somerville College and a Deputy Director of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law.

All in all the book gives - thanks to the quality of the authors and its comprehensive and coherent structure - a very fair picture of the ongoing debate concerning European contract law. This volume is very nicely edited. It contains comprehensive tables of cases, domestic legislation, EC legislation, international legislation and principles and a every detailed index. This book is a true milestone in the debate on European contract law. Jules Stuyck Common Market Law Review, Vol 44, No 2 Apr-07 ...a highly recommendable and differentiated piece of reading...This book contains a wealth of information...an important watershed in the debate on a contract law for Europe. Lesley Jane Smith European Review of Contract Law, Issue 2 May-07

• 1. The Spectre of a European Contract LawSTEFAN VOGENAUER2. Harmonisation of European Contract Law: The State We Are InEWAN McKENDRICK3. English Law Reform and the Impact of European Private LawHUGH BEALE4. The Ideal of Codification and the Dynamics of Europeanisation: The Dutch ExperienceMARTIJN W HESSELINK5. Contract Law Reform: The German ExperienceREINHARD ZIMMERMANN6. Constitutional Issues—How Much is Best Left Unsaid?STEPHEN WEATHERILL7. The European Community’s Competence to Pursue the Harmonisation of Contract Law—an Empirical Contribution to the DebateSTEFAN VOGENAUER & STEPHEN WEATHERILL8. Harmonisation of and Codification in European Contract LawGUIDO ALPA9. Contracts and European Consumer Law: an OFT PerspectiveSIR JOHN VICKERS10. The Commission’s Communications and Standard Contract TermsULF BERNITZ11. Non-Legislative Harmonisation: Protection from Unfair SuretyshipsAURELIA COLOMBI CIACCHI12. Harmonisation of European Insurance Contract LawDANIELA WEBER-REY13. European Contract Law – What Does It Mean and What Does It Not Mean?DIRK STAUDENMAYER14. Harmonisation of European Contract Law—the United Kingdom Government’s ThinkingBARONESS ASHTON OF UPHOLLAND15. Concluding ObservationsDAVID EDWARD

Stefan Vogenauer is Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Brasenose College and Director of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law. Stephen Weatherill is Jacques Delors Professor of European Law at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Somerville College and a Deputy Director of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law.

All in all the book gives - thanks to the quality of the authors and its comprehensive and coherent structure - a very fair picture of the ongoing debate concerning European contract law. This volume is very nicely edited. It contains comprehensive tables of cases, domestic legislation, EC legislation, international legislation and principles and a every detailed index. This book is a true milestone in the debate on European contract law. Jules Stuyck Common Market Law Review, Vol 44, No 2 Apr-07 ...a highly recommendable and differentiated piece of reading...This book contains a wealth of information...an important watershed in the debate on a contract law for Europe. Lesley Jane Smith European Review of Contract Law, Issue 2 May-07

• 1. The Spectre of a European Contract LawSTEFAN VOGENAUER2. Harmonisation of European Contract Law: The State We Are InEWAN McKENDRICK3. English Law Reform and the Impact of European Private LawHUGH BEALE4. The Ideal of Codification and the Dynamics of Europeanisation: The Dutch ExperienceMARTIJN W HESSELINK5. Contract Law Reform: The German ExperienceREINHARD ZIMMERMANN6. Constitutional Issues—How Much is Best Left Unsaid?STEPHEN WEATHERILL7. The European Community’s Competence to Pursue the Harmonisation of Contract Law—an Empirical Contribution to the DebateSTEFAN VOGENAUER & STEPHEN WEATHERILL8. Harmonisation of and Codification in European Contract LawGUIDO ALPA9. Contracts and European Consumer Law: an OFT PerspectiveSIR JOHN VICKERS10. The Commission’s Communications and Standard Contract TermsULF BERNITZ11. Non-Legislative Harmonisation: Protection from Unfair SuretyshipsAURELIA COLOMBI CIACCHI12. Harmonisation of European Insurance Contract LawDANIELA WEBER-REY13. European Contract Law – What Does It Mean and What Does It Not Mean?DIRK STAUDENMAYER14. Harmonisation of European Contract Law—the United Kingdom Government’s ThinkingBARONESS ASHTON OF UPHOLLAND15. Concluding ObservationsDAVID EDWARD

Stefan Vogenauer is Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Brasenose College and Director of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law. Stephen Weatherill is Jacques Delors Professor of European Law at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Somerville College and a Deputy Director of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law.

All in all the book gives - thanks to the quality of the authors and its comprehensive and coherent structure - a very fair picture of the ongoing debate concerning European contract law. This volume is very nicely edited. It contains comprehensive tables of cases, domestic legislation, EC legislation, international legislation and principles and a every detailed index. This book is a true milestone in the debate on European contract law. Jules Stuyck Common Market Law Review, Vol 44, No 2 Apr-07 ...a highly recommendable and differentiated piece of reading...This book contains a wealth of information...an important watershed in the debate on a contract law for Europe. Lesley Jane Smith European Review of Contract Law, Issue 2 May-07

• 1. The Spectre of a European Contract LawSTEFAN VOGENAUER2. Harmonisation of European Contract Law: The State We Are InEWAN McKENDRICK3. English Law Reform and the Impact of European Private LawHUGH BEALE4. The Ideal of Codification and the Dynamics of Europeanisation: The Dutch ExperienceMARTIJN W HESSELINK5. Contract Law Reform: The German ExperienceREINHARD ZIMMERMANN6. Constitutional Issues—How Much is Best Left Unsaid?STEPHEN WEATHERILL7. The European Community’s Competence to Pursue the Harmonisation of Contract Law—an Empirical Contribution to the DebateSTEFAN VOGENAUER & STEPHEN WEATHERILL8. Harmonisation of and Codification in European Contract LawGUIDO ALPA9. Contracts and European Consumer Law: an OFT PerspectiveSIR JOHN VICKERS10. The Commission’s Communications and Standard Contract TermsULF BERNITZ11. Non-Legislative Harmonisation: Protection from Unfair SuretyshipsAURELIA COLOMBI CIACCHI12. Harmonisation of European Insurance Contract LawDANIELA WEBER-REY13. European Contract Law – What Does It Mean and What Does It Not Mean?DIRK STAUDENMAYER14. Harmonisation of European Contract Law—the United Kingdom Government’s ThinkingBARONESS ASHTON OF UPHOLLAND15. Concluding ObservationsDAVID EDWARD