CELS Lunchtime Seminar: 'Interpretation for a more harmonized Private Law in Europe'

A lecture by Professor Pascal Pichonnaz, Fribourg University

Professor Pascal Pichonnaz will speak on the topic of "Common method of interpretation for a more harmonized Private Law in Europe - The Challenge to go beyond black-letter rules and commentaries"

Recent harmonization projects, like DCFR, the Feasibility study and the Common European Sales Law (CESL) aim at establishing a set of uniformed black-letter rules. It is very odd that little is done to examine how these rules might be applied and whether they are apt to lead to uniformed results in practice. This would at least imply to develop a common methodology which presupposes first to really understand how legal cultures differ and secondly to develop strategies to overcome these differences. The diversity of language in Europe is also a further challenge.  This paper will envisage some possible ways and will draw from some experiences taken from the Vienna Convention on International Sales Law (CISG).

Date    :  Wednesday 20th February 2013

Time    :  1pm (with a sandwich lunch from 12.45pm)

Venue  :  B16, Faculty of Law

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