The enforceability of promises in European contract law / edited by James Gordley.

Civil law and common law systems are held to enforce promises differently: civil law, in principle, will enforce any promise, while common law will enforce only those with 'consideration'. In that respect, modern civil law supposedly differs from the Roman law from which it descended, wher...

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Other Authors: Gordley, James (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Series:Common core of European private law.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511494949
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