Kötz, Hein Vertragsrecht |
Hein KötzVertragsrecht[Contract Law.]Published in German. Hein Kötz deals first with the essential rules on the formation, content and validity of contracts in general, and then turns to the duties typically arising from contracts and the entry into contractual negotiations. Then the three main remedies are examined, i.e. a party's right to bring a claim for performance, to terminate the contract, and to claim damages for breach. The rules of contract law are discussed not in the systematic order underlying the German Civil Code, but in the way in which the material is presented in the common law, in many other legal systems, and in the Principles of European Contract Law. Basic questions are analyzed in the light of comparative law, and the economic approach is sometimes used to determine the extent to which the rules of contract law may ensure that certain risks are allocated to the party who can more cheaply protect himself against them. Since the book is primarily intended to be read by law students it seeks to be as plain, lucid and readable as possible.The work is one of the “law textbooks of 2009.”" without a doubt impressive: a great success!" Gostomzyk/Neureither/Norouzi JuS 2009, p. 1158f. |