Principles, definitions and model rules of european private law: draft common frame of reference (dcfr)

VOLUME 1. Preface by the general editors. Introduction. Principles. Definitions. Model rules. Book I General Provisions. Book II Contracts and other juridical acts. Book III Obligations and corresponding rights. 1. General. 2. Performance. 3. Remedies for non-performance. 4. Plurality of debtors and creditors. 5. Change of parties. VOLUME 2. 6. Set-off and merger. 7. Prescription. Book IV Specific contracts and the rights and obligations arising from them. A. Sales. B. Lease of goods. C. Services. VOLUME 3. D. Mandate contracts. E. Commercial agency, franchise and distributorship. F. Loan contracts. G. Personal security. H. Donation. Book V Benevolent intervention in another's affairs. Book VI Non-contractual liability arising out of damage caused to another. 1. Fundamental Provisions. VOLUME 4. 2. Legally relevant damage. 3. Accountability. 4. Causation. 5. Defences. 6. Remedies. 7. Ancillary rules. Book VII Unjustified enrichment. 1. General. 2. When enrichment unjustified. 3. Enrichment and disadvantage. VOLUME 5. 4. Attribution. 5. Reversal of enrichment. 6. Defences. 7. Relation to other legal rules. Book VIII Acquisition and loss of ownership of goods. VOLUME 6. Book IX Proprietary security in movable assets. Book X Trusts. Table of destinations and derivations. Table of treaties and EC legislation. Table of codes and statutes. Table of ECJ, ECHR, UK and Irish cases.

Even if the institutions of the European Union decide not to use the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) as the basis for a soft law instrument to guide legislators and judges in the development of European Private law, this work will provide an invaluable starting point for all studies of comparative private law in the future