The Code Napoléon Rewritten French Contract Law after the 2016 Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law Series

The French Civil Code, which governs the law of obligations in France, has remained unchanged since 1804 and has served as the model for civil codes across the world. In 2016, the French Government enacted legislation repealing much of this law. This work looks at the effect of this action and the new provisions for French contract law. Drawing on the expertise of comparative lawyers working on French law and the law of other civil codes, it explores the lively debates between French and other scholars on the merits (or demerits) of the reform. It will make these seismic and fundamental reforms accessible to an English-speaking audience

John Cartwright is Professor of the Law of Contract at Oxford University and the Director of the Oxford Law Faculty's Institute of European and Comparative Law

Simon Whittaker is Professor of European Comparative Law at the University of Oxford