The Common European Sales Law (CESL) is the Commission's most recent policy initiative for European contract law. It aims to address the problem that differences between the national contract laws of the Member States may constitute an obstacle for the European Internal Market. This paper...

The development of a single or integrated market in financial services in the EU has been on the agenda for almost fifty years, and was given new impetus by the Lamfalussy report in 2001. The EU has overwhelmingly adopted a regulatory competition rather than a mandatory regulation approach to...

Vor dem Hintergrund der rechtlichen, rechtspolitischen und ökonomischen Bedenken ist es skeptisch zu bewerten, dass ein substanzieller Ausbau des Herkunftslandprinzips insoweit realisierbar ist, dass Unternehmen die nationale Rechtsordnung ihres Herkunftslands bei Investitionen oder...