Table of Contents

Part A: Historical Overview and Conceptual Framework Introduction History Codes and Codification Life Beyond the Code Part B: Substantive Law The Law of Contract The Law of Tort Labour Law Commercial Law Court Procedure Part C: Perspectives on the Future Theories of Convergence and Divergence Documentation Index

Reviews

[T]he book is valuable for more than one reason. Firstly, it deals with a subject which is unfamiliar to lawyers trained in the common law and it is instructive to see how the civil law and the common law find different answers to the same problems. Secondly, the book provides guidance for practitioners who have clients who are entering into dealings with parties domiciled in the areas governed by the civil law and European Community Law. - Law Letter (Law Society of Tasmania), December 1997 "This is a compendious and easily read book. Its size is deceptive relative to its content. It is very tightly presented and provides a good introductory text for a number of purposes. It discusses the central topics of comparative law and provides a basic introduction to the courts, profession, the codes and the methods of interpretation of the main systems of continental Europe. In addition, it provides a basic introduction to the law of contract, the law of tort, labour law, and commercial and company law in the French and German legal systems, as well as within the context of the European Union. - Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, July 1997 [T]he book is valuable for more than one reason. Firstly, it deals with a subject which is unfamiliar to lawyers trained in the common law and it is instructive to see how the civil law and the common law find different answers to the same problems. Secondly, the book provides guidance for practitioners who have clients who are entering into dealings with parties domiciled in the areas governed by the civil law and European Community Law. - Law Letter (Law Society of Tasmania), December 1997