1. Introduction&Gerrit De Geest 1
PART Ⅰ FORMATION AND INTERPRETATION 9
2. Precontractual liability&Eleonora C. Melato 9
3. Contractual mistake and misrepresentation&Qi Zhou 31
4. Duress&Peter Cserne 57
5. Gratuitous promises&Robert A. Prentice 80
6. Gifts, wills and inheritance law&Pierre Pestieau 96
7. Standard form contracts&Clayton P. Gillette 115
8. Interpretation and implied terms in contract law&George M. Cohen 125
PART Ⅱ REMEDIES 155
9. Contract remedies: general&Paul G. Mahoney 155
10. Penalty clauses and liquidated damages&Steven Walt 178
11. Impossibility and impracticability&Donald J. Smythe 207
12. Foreseeability&Peter van Wijck 225
13. Option contracts and the holdup problem&Abraham L. Wickelgren 239
14. Warranties&Klaus Wehrt 256
PART Ⅲ LONG-TERM CONTRACTS 281
15. Long-term contracts and relational contracts&Nick van der Beek 281
16. Long-term contracts in the law and economics literature&Mireia Artigot i Golobardes and Fernando Gomez Pomar 314
17. Marriage contracts&Antony W. Dnes 360
18. Franchise contracts&Antony W. Dnes 384
PART Ⅳ PERSPECTIVES 401
19. Behavioral approaches to contract law&Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe 401
20. The civil law of contract&Ejan Mackaay 424
21. Unjust enrichment and quasi-contracts&Christopher T. Wonnell 454
Index 471