Harmonisation of European Contract Law and the Need of Creating a Common Terminology.

The third contribution to the symposium held at Ghent addresses the issue of a common legal terminology in Europe. In doing so, the author also presents first results of a research into that question undertaken last year. In particular, she discusses the following topics: the concept of contract; defects of consent; the discharge of a contractual relationship; and the impact of Community directives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]