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Comparative Legal History – special number on ‘The Great War and Private Law’

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Introduction – Michael Lobban

The Great War and Private Law: A Delayed Effect – David Deroussin

The Effects of World War I on Austrian Private Law – Martin Schennach

The Great War and the Reorientation of Italian Private Law – Carlotta Latini

Private Law, Judge-Made Law and Heimatfront – Hans-Peter Haferkamp

English Contract Law and the Great War: The Development of a Doctrine of Frustration – Catherine MacMillan

The Great War and Dutch Contract Law: Resistance, Responsiveness and Neutrality – Willem van Boom

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Comparative Legal History, Volume 2, Number 2, December 2014

First posted 2015-01-07 13:26:08

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‘Campbell at Twenty’, Toynbee Hall London and online, 19-20 September 2024

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‘Mass Torts Inferno – New Battle Lines in the Resolution Debate’: Cornell Law Review Symposium, Ithaca NY, 20 September 2024

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