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Syllabus
Topic and/or Activity
Pages /Cases
1. Mon. 3 Oct.
Introduction to private
comparative
Law
2. Tue. 4 Oct.
EU and private law
pgs.3-37 Casebook on Contract
Law
3. Wed. 5 Oct.
Contracts- general issues
pgs.39-45; 64-76 Casebook on
Contract Law
4. Mon. 10 Oct.
Contracts- foundations
1.House of Lords Hannah
Blumenthal, 1983;
2.BGH, 7 June 1984;;
3. Court of Appeals
Hertogenbosch, 22 Jan.2008;
4. Cass. Com.,15 Feb 1961
5.Cass.com., 14 Jan. 1969;
6. Court of Appeal, Kleinwort
Benson Ltd. v. Malaysia Mining
Corp. Bhd., 1989
5. Tues. 11 Oct
Contracts- requirements
pgs.77-84; 169-172 Casebook on
Contract Law
1.Cass. Com., 6 April 1993;
2. Cass. Com. 22 October 1996
3. Cass. Civ. 3 July 1996
4.Court of Appeal Carlill v.
Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. 1893;
5. Privy Council Pao On v. Lau
Yiu Long, 1980
6. King’s Bench Stilk v.
Myrick,1809
7. Queen’s Bench Division,
Central London Property Trust
Ltd. v. High Trees House Ltd.,
1947
8. Court of Appeal, Crabb v.
Arun District Council, 1976
6. Wed. 12 Oct.
Contracts- requirements
1. BGH, 18 October 1974;
2. BGH 22 April 1972;
3. House of Lords, Actionstrength
Limited v. International Glass
Engineering InGlEn SpA, 2003
4. Cass. Civ., 15 October 1991
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7. Mon. 17 Oct.
8. Tue. 18Oct.
Syllabus
Contracts-formation
Contracts- pre-contractual
liability
1. Court of Appeal and House of
Lords Gibson v. Manchester City
Council 1978;
2. BGH 8 March 1984;
3. RG 25 October 1917;
4.Cass. civ. 17 December 1958;
5. Court of Appeal Dickinson v.
Dodds 1876;
6. Court of Appeal Butler
Machine Tool Co. Ltd. V. Ex-cellO Corpn Ltd. 1979
1. House of Lords, Walford v.
Miles 1992;
2. Cour d’Appel de Versailles, 5
March 1992;
3. Cour de cassation, Comm. 26
November 2003;
4. Cass. Comm. 20 March 1972;
5. Cass. Civ. 3e 3 October 1972;
6. House of Lords, Cobbe v.
Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd.
2008;
7. High Court of Australia
Walton Stores (Interstate) Ltd v.
Maher 1987;
8. Supreme Court of Wisconsin,
Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores Inc.,
1965
9. Wed. 19 Oct.
Contracts- validity
1. Cass Ass plén. 31 May 1991
2. OLG Hamm, 2 December 1985
3. House of Lords Schroeder
Music Publishing Co v. Macaulay
1974
4. BG 23 May 1978
5.House of Lords Esso Petroleum
Co. Ltd. v. Harper’s Garage
(Stourport) Ltd., 1968
10. Mon. 24 Oct.
Contracts- interpretation
1. House of Lords Ashington
Piggeries Ltd v. Christopher Hill
Ltd. 1972;
2. BGH 12 March 1992;
3. Queen’s Bench Division Vitol
BV v. Compagnie européenne des
pétroles 1988;
4. House of Lords Chartbrook
Ltd v. Persimmon Ltd 2009;
5. BGH 19 March 1957
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11. Tue. 25 Oct.
Contracts- supervening events
1. Cass. civ. 1re, 9 March 1994;
2. RG 3 February 1914;
3. King’s Bench Paradine v. Jane
1647
3.Queen’s Bench Taylor v.
Caldwell 1863;
4. Court of Appeal, Krell v.
Henry 1902;
5. Court of Appeal, Herne Bay
Steam Boat Co. v. Hutton, 1903;
6. Court of Appeal, Ocean Tramp
Tankers Corp v VO Sovracht, The
Eugenia, 1964
12. Wed. 26 Oct.
Contracts- supervening events
1. RG 3 February 1922;
2. RG 27 June 1922;
3. Chancery Division,
Multiservice Bookbinding v.
Marden 1978;
4.BGH 25 May 1977;
5.Cass. civ. 1re, 27 June 1957
13. Mon. 31 Oct.
Contracts- remedies for nonPerformance
1. Cass. civ. 17 Nov. 1984;
2. BGH 10 October 1985;
3. Court of Appeal Patel v. Ali
1984;
4.Cass. Civ. 1re 28 April 1987;
5. Court of Appeal Hong Kong
Fir Shipping Co Ltd. v.
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha 1962
6. BGH 21 June 1985
14.Wed. 2Nov.
Contracts- remedies for nonperformance
1.Cass. civ. 22 Nov. 1893;
2. Court of Exchequer, Hadley v.
Baxendale 1854;
3.OLG Köln, 8 July 1982:
4.Cass. civ. 1re 16 January 1962;
5. Court of Appeal, Jarvis v.
Swans Tours 1973
6. ECJ, Simone Leitner v. TUI
Deutschland GmbH & Co KG
2002
15. Mon. 7 Nov.
Relation between contract & torts
1.House of Lords Donoghue v.
Stevenson,1932;
2. House of Lords, Hedley Byrne
& Co. Ltd. v. Heller & Partners
Ltd.
3. Cass. civ. 7 May 1989;
4. RG, 7 Dec.1911
5. Court of Appeal, Ward v
Tesco Stores Ltd., 1976
6.Cass. civ., 11 Jan 1989
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16. Tue. 8 Nov.
Torts- general issues
G. Wagner, Comparative Tort
Law, in M. Reimann and R.
Zimmerman (eds.), The Oxford
Handbook of Comparative Law,
Oxford University Press, 2008
p.1004-1040
17. Wed. 9 Nov.
Torts- protection of life, physical
integrity, health and freedom
1. BGH, 30 April 1991
2. House of Lords, Alcock v.
Chief Constable of the South
Yorkshire Police,1992
3. Cass. civ. 1re, 16 July 1991
18. Mon. 14 Nov.
Torts – protection of life, physical
integrity, health and freedom
1.Cass. civ. 1re, 25 June 1991
2.Conseil d’Etat, 27 September
1989
3. Cass. civ. 1re, 26 March 1996
4. Corte di Cass., 26 January
1971
19. Tue. 15 Nov.
Torts – protection of personality
rights and privacy
1. BHG, 12 October 1993
2. Cour d’appel Paris, 13 March
1996
3. Court of Appeal, Kaye v.
Robertson, 1991
20. Wed. 16 Nov.
Torts – protection of ownership
and
property rights
1. House of Lords, Cambridge
Water Co. v. Eastern Counties
Leather Plc, 1994
2. Court of Appeal, Spartan Steel
& Alloys Ltd. v. Martin & Co.
Ltd.
3. BGH, 9 December 1958;
4. Cass. Civ. 2e, 28 April 1965;
5.Cass. Civ. 2e, 8 May 1970;
6. Conseil d’Etat 2 June 1972;
7. Corte di Cass., 4 May 1982
21. Mon. 21 Nov.
Torts –protection of economic
interests
1. Court of Appeal Rickless v.
United Artists Corporation, 1988;
2. House of Lords Caparo
Industries Plc v. Dickman 1990;
3. BGH, 26 November 1986;
4. Cass. comm. 17 October 1984;
5. Cass. civ. 1re, 21 February
1995;
22. Tue. 22 Nov
Torts –wrongfulness
1. Cass. civ. 2e, 14 June 1972;
2. BGH 20 October 1987;
3.BGH, 29 January 1991;
4.House of Lords, Glasgow
Corporation v. Muir, 1943
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23. Wed. 23 Nov.
Torts – causation
1. BGH, 2 July 1991
2. Cass. civ., 2e, 3 October 1990
3. Privy Council, Overseas
Tankship Ltd. v. Morts Dock &
Engineering Co. Ltd., 1961
4. House of Lords, Hughes v.
Lord Advocate, 1963
5. House of Lords, Donaghey v.
Boulton & Paul Ltd., 1968
24. Mon. 28 Nov.
Torts – liability not based on
conduct
1. BGH, 15 October 1970
2. Cass. Ch. réun., 13 February
1930
3. Cass. civ. 2e, 19 March 1980
4.Cass. civ. 2e, 8 July 1992
5. House of Lords, Read v. J.
Lyons & Co. Ltd., 1947
25. Tue. 29 Nov.
Torts –product liability
1. BGH, 26 November 1968;
2.
OLG
Düsseldorf,
November 1996;
3. BGH, 12 November 1991;
4. Cass. civ. 1re, 9 July 1996
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26. Wed. 30 Nov.
Torts- product liability
1.Privy Council, Grant v.
Australian Knitting Mills, 1935
2. BGH, 9 May 1995
3. Cass. civ. 1re, 3 March 1998
27. Mon. 5 Dec.
Unjust enrichment-
1. Queen’s Bench Division
British Steel Corporation v.
Cleveland Bridge 1984
2. Cass Civ. 28 February 1939
3. Cass. Civ. 2 March 1915
4.OLG Hamm, 9 Jan 1974
28. Tue. 6 Dec.
European private law-
1. House of Lords, Director
General of Fair Trading v. First
National Bank, 2001;
2. Supreme Court, The Office of
Fair Trading v. Abbey National
plc & Others 2009;
3.Hoge Raad 21 February 2003;
4. ECJ, Freiburger
Kommunalbauten GmbH
Baugesellschaft & Co. KG v.
Ludger Hofstetter, 2004;
29. Wed. 7 Dec.
European private law –
1. ECJ Quelle AG v.
Bundesverband der
Verbraucherzentralen und
Verbraucherverbände, 2008
30. Mon.12 Dec.
European private law
Tue.13 Dec.
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