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As part of the European integration, an ambitious programme of harmonisation of European private law is taking place. This new edition in the Swedish Studies in European Law series, the work of both legal scholars and politicians, aims to create a modern codification in the tradition of the great continental codifications such as the BGB and the Code Civil. A significant step towards this development was taken in 2009 with the creation of the Draft Common Frame of Reference which contains model rules for a large part of central private law.

The process raises a number of questions. What are the advantages and disadvantages of such an intensive process of harmonisation? Are there lessons to be learnt from the Europeanisation of private law through history? Are there any further steps which have been taken in order to create a European private law? What is the future of European private law? These crucial questions were discussed at a conference in Stockholm, sponsored by the Swedish Network of European Legal Studies. This important volume includes the answers offered by leading scholars in the field.

Swedish Perspectives on Private Law Europeanisation

Part I: Introduction

1. A Plea for True Harmonization in Europe

J Michael Rainer



Part II: Europeanisation of Private Law Throughout History

2. The Historical Roman Roots of 'Continental' Law Systems

Daniele Mattiangeli and Lisa Katharina Promok



Part III: Harmonisation of Private Law in the EU: Comparative and Global Perspectives

3. The Influence of European Initiatives in National Courts-The Case of the Spanish Supreme Court

Yolanda Bergel Sainz de Baranda

4. Unjust Enrichment in Swedish and EU Law

Eleonor Kristoffersson

5. Comparative Property Law and the Profound Differences between Nordic Functionalism and Continental

Substantialism-The (Ir)Relevance of Ownership

Johan Sandstedt

6. Private International Law Aspects of Substantive Law Harmonisation

Carolina Saf

7. Global Business: National Law, EU Law and International Customs and Contracts

Lars Gorton



Part IV: The Future of European Private Law

8. What Happened to the Harmonisation of Securities Law in the EU?

Karin Wallin-Norman

9. E Pluribus Unum? A Constitutional Perspective on the Pluralism and the Unity of European Private Law

Ola Zetterquist