"[European private law] concerns the gradual approximation and harmonisation of the national private laws of the European Union's Member States, one of the most fascinating contemporary developments in the law. The Europeanisation of private law has two dimensions. One is fairly imminent and extremely relevant to legal practice. It concerns the implications of existing legislation and case-law emanating from the organs of the EU for national private laws. The other is more forward-looking and rather of a scholarly nature. It relates to a number of academic proposals for common European rules and principles in the area of private law, based on thorough comparative research." Oxford Faculty of Law Website viewed 22-1-2013.
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The Max Planck encyclopedia of European private law by 
New Directions in European Private Law by 
The Struggle for European Private Law : a critique of codification by 
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