The impact of human rights law on contract law in Europe
Collins, H.
(2011).
The impact of human rights law on contract law in Europe.
(University of Cambridge Faculty of law legal studies research paper series 13/2011).
University of Cambridge.
(2011).
The impact of human rights law on contract law in Europe.
(University of Cambridge Faculty of law legal studies research paper series 13/2011).
University of Cambridge.
This article examines the impact of human rights law on the implementation of contract law. While human rights law has focused on the relationship between citizen and state, the private law of contract has been viewed as governing the economic relations among citizens and business entities. The article examines the thesis that in Europe, this division is being broken down, as a result of two intellectual movements within legal thought.