This study provides an in-depth and detailed comparison between the draft Common Frame of Reference and the Commission's proposal for a Consumer Rights Directive. Furthermore, it identifies those provisions of the CFR which could be used when amending the Proposal for a Consumer Rights Directive...

This study provides an in-depth analysis of the provisions of the draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR), in order to assess if the DCFR perceives contract law only as a tool for regulating private law relations between equally strong parties or if it contains elements of 'social justice' in...

This study provides an in-depth and detailed comparison between the CFR and the proposed Consumer Rights Directive. Furthermore, it identifies those provisions of the CFR which could be used when amending the Proposal for a Consumer Rights Directive in the framework of the legislative procedure....

This is our Introduction to the forthcoming book Precontractual Liability in European Private Law. In the Introduction we explain the aim and method of our project. In particular, we defend the common core method against its critics as a legitimate method for conducting comparative legal research

It has been suggested recently by several scholars that the ideas of Friedrich von Hayek should play a prominent role in shaping the future of European private law. This paper examines what we can learn from Hayek for the further development of European contract law. Hayek rightly underlines...

The aim of this paper is to identify what the position of SMEs should be in a draft Common Frame of Reference on EU contract law and in the review of the EU consumer acquis. In particular, this paper answers the following questions: How can the position of SMEs be defined in relation to the...

This paper will discuss the phenomenon Mystery Shopping in the field of customer satisfaction measurement techniques. By using the literature about Mystery Shopping definitions and restrictions of this instrument will be presented. Also, possible ways to present and use the gathered data will be...