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Comparative Contract Law – Cours magistral

The student should remember the course took in first year of Great Principles of British Law, and remember the French Contract Law courses in second year.

Why comparative law?

  • Comparative legal systems
  • Legal Formants

Contracts

  • Sources
  • Main principles
  • Formation of a contract

    • Agreement
    • Offer
    • Termination of an offer
    • Acceptance

  • Conclusion of a contract and termination
  • Consideration
  • Circumventing
  • Causa

Legal Capacity

  • Conflicting interests
  • Formalities

Content of the contract

  • Interpretation
  • Default rules
  • Mandatory rules

    • Mandatory rules of substansive contract law
    • Prohibited contracts
    • Unfair Terms

Contractual remedies

  • Specific performance
  • Damages
  • Termination