From the 2004 communication on European contract to the 2015 draft directive on the supply of digital content: harmonisation, unification or transformation of EU private law?

Mel Kenny

From the 2004 communication on European contract to the 2015 draft directive on the supply of digital content: harmonisation, unification or transformation of EU private law?

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The effects of Globalisation and Europeanisation on contract law manifest themselves in the elaboration of harmonised principles, are reinforced by the impact of EU Directives, are bolstered by the growth in e-commerce and lent urgency by the rise of the digital economy. This piece focuses on the Europeanisation of Contract law. The work surveys policy elaboration - from the 2004 Communication on European Contract law to the 2015 Draft Directive on Digital Content - evaluating the innovation contained in the various initiatives in the special context of "Brexit".

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole
Subtitle of host publication	Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Law
Editors	Rob Merkin, James Devenney
Place of Publication	Abingdon, Oxon
Chapter	3
Pages	33-49
Number of pages	17
Publication status	Published - 12 Jul 2018

Keywords

EU law
private law
contract
digital content

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Kenny, Mel. / From the 2004 communication on European contract to the 2015 draft directive on the supply of digital content : harmonisation, unification or transformation of EU private law?. Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole: Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Law. editor / Rob Merkin ; James Devenney. Abingdon, Oxon, 2018. pp. 33-49

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From the 2004 communication on European contract to the 2015 draft directive on the supply of digital content: harmonisation, unification or transformation of EU private law? / Kenny, Mel.
Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole: Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Law. ed. / Rob Merkin; James Devenney. Abingdon, Oxon, 2018. p. 33-49.

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