An Optional Instrument on EU Contract Law: Could it Increase Legal Certainty and Foster Cross-Border Trade?

HET GROENBOEK EUROPEES CONTRACTENRECHT: NAAR EEN OPTIONEEL INSTRUMENT?, pp. 9-23, M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons, eds., Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, 2011

Centre for the Study of European Contract Law Working Paper No. 2010/06

23 Pages Posted: 23 Oct 2010 Last revised: 20 Sep 2011

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Martijn W. Hesselink

European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW)

Date Written: October 12, 2010

Abstract

It seems likely that an optional instrument on European contract law could have some positive impact on cross-border trade, although its size remains very difficult to estimate. Whether an optional instrument will increase legal certainty depends on the degree to which the European legislator will succeed in making some very clear and transparent choices concerning scope, gap filling, mandatory rules, the modalities of opting in and the legal basis of the instrument.

Keywords: optional instrument, CFR, DCFR, contract, European contract law, opt-in, Rome I, Green paper, choice of law, mandatory rules, legal certainty

JEL Classification: F15, K12

Suggested Citation

Hesselink, Martijn W., An Optional Instrument on EU Contract Law: Could it Increase Legal Certainty and Foster Cross-Border Trade? (October 12, 2010). HET GROENBOEK EUROPEES CONTRACTENRECHT: NAAR EEN OPTIONEEL INSTRUMENT?, pp. 9-23, M.W. Hesselink, A.A.H. van Hoek, M.B.M. Loos & A.F. Salomons, eds., Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers, 2011 , Centre for the Study of European Contract Law Working Paper No. 2010/06 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1695617

Martijn W. Hesselink (Contact Author)

European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW) ( email )

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