The Code Napoléon Rewritten - French Contract Law after the 2016 Reforms: Seminar and Book Launch
Seminar and Book Launch
The provisions of the French Civil Code governing the law of obligations remained largely unchanged from its promulgation in 1804 and served as the model for civil codes across the world. However, in 2016, the French Government effected major reforms of the provisions on the law of contract, the general regime of obligations and proof of obligations by ordonnance. To mark the publication of the book of essays edited by John Cartwright and Simon Whittaker, The Code Napoléon Rewritten: French Contract Law after the 2016 Reforms (Hart Publishing, Bloomsbury, 2017), the Institute of European and Comparative Law is holding a special seminar on the new French contract law in the form of a panel discussion of aspects of the reform. The aim of the seminar is to present the new law to members of the Faculty with an interest in contract law as well as those working on comparative law. The seminar (5.00 pm to 6.30 pm) will be followed by a reception (6.30 pm to 7.00 pm) in the café area.
The Panel
Chair: Professor Birke Häcker Brasenose College, Oxford | Introduction to the Seminar |
Professor John Cartwright Director of the IECL and Christ Church, Oxford | The Influence of European Soft-law Instruments on the New Law |
Dr Solène Rowan London School of Economics | Termination for Contractual Non-performance |
Professor Philippe Stoffel-Munck University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne | The Control of Unfair Contract Terms |
Professor John Bell Pembroke College, Cambridge | L'utile et le juste in the New Code |
Professor Simon Whittaker St John's College, Oxford | Future Reform of 'Civil Liability' |
If you are interested in attending, please email the IECL Administrator.