Part A Introduction 1. Contract Law in the 21st century - the purpose of this book 2. A case-oriented and multilateral approach to the teaching, studying and learning of comparative law - the approach used in this book 3. Is it legitimate and beneficial for judges to compare? 4. An introduction to the Principles of Contract Law: the needs to which they respond and the purposes for which they are designed Part B Case StudiesI. Formation of contracts1: Offer or invitation to treat (Invtio ad offerendum) 2: Conditions for the formation of a contract ? agreement or more? (cause and consideration) 3: Obligation to maintain an offer or freedom to revoke it 4: Modification of contracts ? the free will of the parties or limits on the freedom to contract (consideration revisited) 5: The battle of forms II. Performance of contracts 6: Right to receive performance of a contract or just a right to receive damages 7: Damages and the role of the fault of the seller in the event of delivery of goods not in conformity with the contract 8: Change of circumstances 9: Contracts and the transfer of ownership in movable property III. The law applicable to cross-border contracts and the future of European contract law 10: The law applicable to cross-border contracts (introduction) 11: The future of European contract law Index