ABSTRACT
This book is about the Europeanisation of contract law. This is undoubtedly a controversial topic, which has already given rise to such an amount of scholarly analysis that Wilhelmsson has rightly remarked that writings on this have ‘become so voluminous that it seems impossible to follow in all its details’.1 The primary purpose of the present work, therefore, is to provide an overview of the field to serve as an introduction. It attempts to take stock of developments to date, as well as discuss current activities. More generally, it will also consider the arguments advanced on both sides of the debate about the need and desirability of the process of Europeanisation. It is assumed that the reader will have knowledge of both contract law and some European Union law, but is not familiar with the Europeanisation of contract law itself.
