The European civil code : the way forward / Hugh Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Hugh, 1953- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in European law and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil law--European Union countries--Codification.

Civil law.

Civil law--Europe.

Europe.

Law--Europe--International unification.

Law.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Hugh Collins argues that the European Union should develop a civil code to provide uniform rules for contracts, property rights and protection against civil wrongs, thus drawing together the differing national traditions with respect to the detailed regulation of civil society. The benefits of such a code would lie not so much in facilitating cross border trade, but in establishing foundations for a denser network of transnational relations of civil society, which in turn would help to overcome the present popular resistance to effective and functional political institutions at a European level. These principled foundations for a more inclusive and less balkanised civil society in Europe also provide elements of a required European social model that offers necessary safeguards for consumers, workers and disadvantaged groups against the pressures of market forces in an increasingly global economic system.

Contents:

Civil society and political union

The acquis communautaire in private law

The hidden code

Private law and the economic constitution

Cultural diversity and European identity

Respecting legal diversity

Multi-level private law

Strengthening convergence

Exploring the European social model.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780511620010

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