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The Common Core Approach To The European Private Law, Mauro Bussani, Ugo Mattei
The Common Core Approach To The European Private Law, Mauro Bussani, Ugo Mattei
Mauro Bussani
This paper discusses the aim, method, and organization of ‘The Common Core of European Private Law’ project, a scholarly initiative launched by the authors in 1994, and that at the moment this paper was written involved one hundred (and now more than two hundred) scholars, mostly from Europe and the United States. Part I describes both the immediate and the long-term goals of the Project. Part II discusses the methodological evolution that has taken place from Schlesinger's Cornell Project to the Common Core work, and tackles the main differences between the Common Core approach and other "integrative" projects taking place …
Current Trends In European Comparative Law: The Common Core Approach, Mauro Bussani
Current Trends In European Comparative Law: The Common Core Approach, Mauro Bussani
Mauro Bussani
In the last decades, many research groups have been established to support—although through different means—the Europanization of private law. Some of these initiatives are, to use Schlesinger’s terminology, ‘integrative’, that is, they are engaged in ascertaining which solutions may best regulate legal problems in a common way. Other enterprises aim to deepen the knowledge and dialogue between European legal cultures. This is particularly the case with ‘The Common Core of European Private Law’ project, which was launched in 1994 by Ugo Mattei and the author of this article to develop a better knowledge of private law rules within the European …