Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : an approach to the issues and doctrines relating to unexpected circumstances / Ewoud Hondius and Hans Christoph Grigoleit
  • Legal history / Andreas Thier
  • Law and economics : the comparative law and economics of frustration in contracts / Marta Cenini, Barbara Luppi, Francesco Parisi
  • Overview : concepts dealing with unexpected circumstances
  • Questionnaire
  • The case studies
  • General comparative remarks : converging tendencies, remaining differences and the unsolved mystery of adjustment / Ewoud Hondius and Hans Christoph Grigoleit