Harmonization of European Contract law. Current Trends and Evolutionary Perspectives

1. SETTING THE CONTEXT: EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 2. THE PROGRESSIVE RETHINKING OF THE SO-CALLED MINIMUM HARMONIZATION APPROACH 2.1 Consumer Protection and the Internal Market Project: General observations 2.2 Harmonization or competition among legal orders? 2.3 The move from minimum to maximum harmonization 3. FROM HARMONIZATION TOWARDS A CREEPING CODIFICATION? 3.1 A case for a wider perspective on European Contract Law: the Draft Common Frame of Reference 3.2 The Struggle over the transformation of the DCFR into a political tool: Latest developments and concluding remark