This book examines the new codifications, reforms, and other recent developments in Central and Southeast Europe which have significantly modernized the law of obligations in the last two decades.

ForewordIntroduction (1) Recodification and Recent Developments in the Law of Obligations in Central and Southeast Europe (Part I) Recodification of the Law of Obligations in Central and Southeast Europe (2) The Conception and Institutional Novelties of Recodification of Private Law in the Slovak Republic (3) Recodifying Tort Law in Central Europe in the Beginning of Twenty-First Century (Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary) (4) Limitations of Freedom of Contract in the New Codifications of the Law of Obligations in Central and Southeast Europe: An Inspiration for the New Polish Civil Code? (5) Liability for Breach of Contract in Hungarian Law (Part II) Specific Institutes and Recent Developments in the Law of Obligations in Central and Southeast Europe (6) Ascertainment of a Claim as a Requirement for Set-Off: Different Approaches in Comparative and the Czech Law (7) Restitution of Use Value of Money in Unjustified Enrichment: Some Open Questions in the Law of Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia (8) The Use of Negative Interest Rates with a Special Reference to Banking Cash Deposit Contracts in the Law of Croatia (9) The Formality of Real Estate Transactions in the Law of Slovenia and Croatia in the Light of New Technologies (10) A Contradiction Arising from an Annulment Decision of the Turkish Constitutional Court: The Unique Problem of a Unique Provision of the New Code of Obligations