Diversity of Contract Law and the European Internal Market

Jan Smits

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This contribution discusses the question whether diversity of contract law among the European member states is a barrier to cross-border trade. This question is important in view of the ongoing debate about the need for a unified European private law. It has tried to answer the question by building upon insights from psychology, economics and law. It turns out that no definitive answer can be given to the question whether the savings in transaction costs through the removal of legal diversity are greater than the losses caused by the termination of competition of legal systems.

Keywords: Unification; Contract Law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D81 D86 K12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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Published in The Need for a European Contract Law: Empirical and Legal Perspectives Groningen (2005): pp. 153-186

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