Reiner Schulze 
Common Frame of Reference and Existing EC Contract Law 

The Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) is just published. Now the creation of the final Common Frame of Reference (CFR) is one of the most important issues in the field of European Private Law. The volume discusses the key question as to what extent the CFR can and should reflect existing EC Contract Law, and to what extent the DCFR has already incorporated the acquis communautaire. The contributions to this volume try to provide answers to this question by analyzing different controversial areas such as the conclusion and content of the contract (pre-contractual duties, non-discrimination or withdrawal), non-performance, remedies, damages and the relation to International Private Law.

The essays are the result of an symposium held in December 2007 at the Centre for European Private Law (CEP) at the University of Münster, Germany. The internationally respected authors contributing are: Gianmaria Ajani, Giuditta Cordero Moss, Helmut Heiss, Georg Kathrein, Konstantinos Kerameus, Paul Lagarde, Stefan Leible, Judit Lévayné Fazekas, Ulrich Magnus, Thomas Pfeiffer, Hans Schulte-Nölke, Reiner Schulze, Evelyne Terryn, Christian Twigg-Flesner, Sjef van Erp and Fryderyk Zoll.