An Optional European Contract Code in the Institutional Competition between European Contract Laws -- Assessment of the Desirability of an Optional European Contract Law -- Evaluation of the European Commission's Impact Assessment Accompanying the Proposal for a Regulation on a CESL.

"The law-and-economics movement remains a dominant force in American private law, despite widespread recognition that many of its assumptions are implausible and that efficiency is not the law's only goal. This book adds to the debate by showing that many leading law-and-economics arguments fail...

Well-functioning markets and contract law -- The moral consequences of well-functioning markets -- Contract law, efficiency, and morality -- Consideration -- Remedies -- Boilerplate -- Pernicious markets and the limits of contract law