Information Rights and Obligations

Geraint Howells is the Professor of Law at Lancaster University, UK, and is also a Barrister at Gough Square Chambers, UK. Dr. André Janssen is Assistant Professor and Chair for German and European Private Law at the University of Münster, Germany. Dr. Reiner Schulze is the Professor of Law, and Chair for German and European Private Law, at the University of Münster, Germany.

Contents: Autonomy and fairness: the case of public statements, Chris Willett; The strategy and the harmonization process within the European legal system: party autonomy and information requirements, Paola Gozzo; Evolution of party autonomy in a legal system under transformation - recent developments in Poland under special consideration of the package travel directive, Katarzyna Michalowska; From truth in lending to responsible lending, Iain Ramsay; EC directives for self-employed commercial agents and on time-sharing - apples, oranges and the core of the information overload problem, Bettina Wendlandt; Information requirements in the e-commerce directive and the proposed directive on unfair commercial practices, Annette Nordhausen; Contractual disclosure and remedies under the unfair contract terms directive, Edoardo Ferrante; Information disclosure about the quality of goods - duty or encouragement?, Christian Twigg-Flesner; Information and product liability - a game of Russian roulette?, Geraint Howells; Duties to inform versus party autonomy: reversing the paradigm (from free consent to informed consent)? - a comparative account of French and English law, Ruth Sefton-Green; The information requirements in the principles of European private law 'Long-Term Commercial Contracts: Commercial Agency, Distribution, Franchise' - a model for a European civil code?, André Janssen; Annex: Principles of European Private Law Long-Term Commercial Contracts: Commercial Agency, Distribution, Franchise, edited by Martijn W. Hesselink; Index.