European Perspectives on the Common European Sales Law by Javier Plaza Penades and Luz M.Martinez Velencoso (eds.)

• Author: Charlotte Ene
• Pages: 197-200

BOOK REVIEW

„European Perspectives on the Common European Sales Law”

by Javier Plaza Penades and Luz M.Martinez Velencoso (eds.)

Lecturer Charlotte ENE1, PhD.

1. Overview

As its title sugested, the book edited by J.Plaza Penades and L.M.Martinez

Velencoso and published by Springer this year (2015), offers a complete analysis

of the Draft of Common European Sales Law2 (CESL) - as was amended3 -, from a

range of European perspectives.

Taking into account that the authors belong to different Member States –

Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and Spain- this book „present a coherent

view of the subject from the perspective of a number of scholars from different

European countries, of whom will compare the text of the CESL with their own

national law and other European legal texts”.4

Futhermore, the authors address very different topics from both national

and comparative law perspectives, reflected the specificity of European law. On the

other hand, they intend to offers to their readers „a serious comparative study of the

CESL alongside other instruments, such as the CISG, and also pre-existing

instruments including the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) and the

Principles of European Contract Law (PECL).”5

2. The structure

This theoretical endeavour is traced the structure of the CESL, which

reflected the main moments of the sale-purchase contract. As it is mentioned in the

preface: „(t)he subjects that are regulated by the CESL may be divided into three

groups: (i) aspects related to the conclusion of the contract and its content;

1 Charlotte Ene, Bucharest University of Econ omic Studies, Law Department,

enecharlotte@gmail.com.

2 Annex I, Common European Sales Law of the „Proposal for a Regulation of the European

Parliament and of the Council on a Common European Sales Law”, COM(2011) 635 final of

11.10.2011.

3 European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 February 2014 on th e proposal for a regulation of

the European Parliament and of the Council on a Common European Sales Law (COM(2011)0635

– C7-0329/2011 – 2011/0284(COD)).

4 J avier Plaza Penadés, Luz M. Martínez Velencoso (eds.), European Perspectives on the Common

European Sales Law, Preface, Springer, 2015, pp. v-viii.

5 Idem.