Future of Contract Law in Latin America

Rodrigo Momberg is Professor of Private Law at the Catholic University of Valparaiso.Stefan Vogenauer is Director of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt.

• Part I: The Principles of Latin American Contract Law: History and Context1. The Process of Harmonisation of Private Law in Latin America: An Overview RODRIGO MOMBERG2. The Principles of Latin American Contract Law: A General Introduction CARLOS PIZARRO WILSON3. Harmonisation of Private Law in Latin America and the Emergence of Third-generation Codes AGUSTÍN PARISE4. The ‘Principles of Latin American Contract Law’ Against the Background of Latin American Legal Culture:A European Perspective JAN PETER SCHMIDT5. The Economic Conditions of Contract in South American Law: An Historical Approach GERARDO CAFFERA6. The Principles of Latin American Contract Law and the CISG PILAR PERALES VISCASILLASPart II: The Principles of Latin American Contract Law: Comparative Analysis7. The Notion of Contract and its Essential Elements in the Principles of Latin American Contract Law IÑIGO DE LA MAZA GAZMURI8. Formation of Contract under the Principles of Latin American Contract Law RODRIGO MOMBERG9. Defects of the Contract under Articles 27 to 37 of the Principles of Latin American Contract Law JOHN CARTWRIGHT10. Performance and Non-performance under the Principles of Latin American Contract Law JEAN-SÉBASTIEN BORGHETTI11. The Provisions on Non-performance in the Principles of Latin American Contract Law SABRINA LANNI12. The Principles of Latin American Contract Law: A Response from an Outsider HUGH BEALEAppendix: Principios Latinoamericanos de Derecho de los Contratos—Principles of Latin American Contract Law