Linked contracts
By: editors, Ilse Samoy, Marco B.M. Loos
Contributors: Ius Commune (School)
Series: Ius commune europaeum -- 103; Ius commune europaeum -- 103.
Publisher: Intersentia; METRO, $c c2012.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom; Portland [Or.]; [Maastricht, The Netherlands]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781780680842
Subjects: Contracts; Congresses
Description: Modern society is full of linked contracts. Linked contracts, in the broadest sense of the word, can be defined as a plurality of separately concluded contracts that are somehow interrelated. However, contract law is still primarily centred on traditional contractual relations between (just) two parties. This book therefore explores the legal consequences of the existence of linked contracts. It thereby provides insights for practice and academia in this new phenomenon. Several examples of linked contracts are covered in this book: purchase financing (part I), which consists of a sales contract and a credit contract financing the purchase; cartel agreements (part II), which consist of a framework contract and subsequent contracts to execute the framework contract; linked contracts concluded within the framework of a construction project (part III) and a chain of sales contracts between a producer and consumer or end user (part IV). The book starts with an introduction in the theme by the editors and concludes with an analysis of the provisions on linked contracts in the Draft Common Frame of Reference, the Consumer Rights Directive and the Draft Optional Instrument (part V) and a preliminary approach for a general regulation of the concept of linked contracts. This book is the result of the fruitful collaboration within the research programme Contract Law and Law of Obligations in general of the Ius Commune Research School (www.iuscommune.eu).
Notes: International conference proceedings.

"'Linked contracts' was the theme of the workshop contract law during the 15th Ius Commune Conference in Leuven on 25 and 26 November 2010"--From publisher's Web site.

"This book is the result of the fruitful collaboration within the research programme Contract Law and Law of Obligations in general of the Ius Commune Research School"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Groups of contracts: an exploration of types and the archetype from a Dutch legal perspective  -- Sanne van Dongen; title: The impact of voidness for infringement of Article 101 TFEU on linked contracts  -- Caroline Cauffman; title: Linked contracts and the construction sector: a builder's contractual obligation to warn the client about a risk that might emerge from a contract between the client and the designer  -- Joasia A. Luzak; title: Chains of sales contracts: towards a European system of direct producers' liability?  -- Mathias Hostens; title: Linked contracts in the DCFR, the Consumer Rights Directive and the draft optional instrument  -- Tâm Dang Vu; title: Linked contracts: elements for a general regulation -- Rodrigo Momberg Uribe.