The course will cover the following areas:

1. Comparative Legal Study and Methods
   1. Purposes and methods of comparative law
   2. The origins and modern development of English, French and German laws
   3. Legal professions and institutions
2. Harmonisation of Law in Europe
   Harmonisation: Examples from the Principles of European Tort Law and the Draft Common Frame of Reference projects: responsibility for others and causation
3. Tort and Delict in England, France and Germany
   1. Fault and Strict Liability
   2. Concurrence of liability in contract and tort
   3. Causation
4. Contracts in England, France and Germany
   1. Formation and the enforceability of promises
   2. Factors vitiating consent (principally mistake)
   3. Content of contractual obligations
   4. Principles of good faith
   5. Treatment of third parties
5. Unjust enrichment (in outline only)