The Eye of the Storm: On the Case for Harmonising Principles of Damages as a Remedy in Contract Law
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in: European Review of Contract Law, Jahrgang 2, Nr. 2, 01.01.2006, S. 227-249.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Eye of the Storm
T2 - On the Case for Harmonising Principles of Damages as a Remedy in Contract Law
AU - Smith, Lesley Jane
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - Taking the current work on refining the contract law acquis as its starting point, this article considers whether there is a case for greater harmonisation of the law of damages in contract law within the EU. The law of damages is a platform for enforcing contractual interests. As long as remedies in general and damages in particular remain subject to divergent national solutions, the Community will have difficulties in achieving its goal of coherency in contract law.By demonstrating the complexities surrounding this area of law and discussing recent decisions of the European Court of Justice, it argues that the current inconsistencies in the law of damages justify action at community level. The article outlines possible options for the Community that are consistent with the current climate of political, legal and social integration within the EU. It concludes by demonstrating that Europe could use the medium of contract law and the law of damages to deliver social and economic justice.
AB - Taking the current work on refining the contract law acquis as its starting point, this article considers whether there is a case for greater harmonisation of the law of damages in contract law within the EU. The law of damages is a platform for enforcing contractual interests. As long as remedies in general and damages in particular remain subject to divergent national solutions, the Community will have difficulties in achieving its goal of coherency in contract law.By demonstrating the complexities surrounding this area of law and discussing recent decisions of the European Court of Justice, it argues that the current inconsistencies in the law of damages justify action at community level. The article outlines possible options for the Community that are consistent with the current climate of political, legal and social integration within the EU. It concludes by demonstrating that Europe could use the medium of contract law and the law of damages to deliver social and economic justice.
KW - Commercial law
KW - Contract Law
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/374f6f17-ca2d-3d3d-b8f0-c442eed46fd4/
U2 - 10.1515/ERCL.2006.017
DO - 10.1515/ERCL.2006.017
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 2
SP - 227
EP - 249
JO - European Review of Contract Law
JF - European Review of Contract Law
SN - 1614-9920
IS - 2
ER -