The English law of obligations in comparative context

This survey examines a central area of English private law from the viewpoint of a jurist trained in the Continental tradition of Civil law. It therefore adopts, as fas as is possible, the structure, outlook and concepts of the French and Dutch model of the law of contracts, delicts (tots) and injustified enrichment. The book does not aim to be a technical or exhaustive textbook on these areas of law; rather it attempts an overview of its subject so as to set out, in a comparative context, the essential principles and internal logic of the English law of contract, together with associated remedies, and, in outline, the law of torts and quasicontract. It is a book which should appeal to Continental lawyers interested in the Common law, to Common lawyers interested in the codified systems and to all students interested in acquiring legal knowledge in the context op a European legal tradition, or perhaps even a European ius commune.