Specific Performance in German, French and Dutch Law in the Nineteenth Century

Janwillem Oosterhuis, PhD (2011) in Law, VU University Amsterdam, is Lecturer in Legal History at Maastricht University. He has published previously on the history of the law of obligations, e.g. Industrialization and Specific Performance in the German Territories during the 19th Century (Intersentia, 2010).

All those interested in legal history, particulary of the law of obligations, and the history of the nineteenth century, particularly of fundamental rights and the industrialisation.

Die werk bevat besonder interessante insigte oor die verhouding tussen reg en praktyk, soos geillustreer deur die geskiedenis van die remedie van spesifieke nakoming in sekere sivielregtelike stelsels in die negentiende eeu. Veral van belang is dat daar nie volstaan word met ‘n blote analise van wetsbepalings en akademiese kommentaar nie, maar ‘n besonder gedetailleerde uiteensetting van die regspraak gebied word. ["This work contains very interesting insights about the relationship between law and practice, as illustrated by the history of the remedy of specific performance in certain private law systems in the nineteenth century. It is of particular significance that the study is not confined to a mere analysis of statutory provisions and academic literature, but also contains detailed discussions of the relevant case law."]
Prof Jacques du Plessis, University of Stellenbosch

Foreword
Abbreviations

1. Introduction
1.1 The subject of this study
1.2 Methodology
1.3 Structure

2. Specific Performance before the 19th Century
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Roman Law
2.3 Glossators, Commentators and Canonists
2.4 Customary law, Early Modern Scholasticism and Legal Humanism
2.5 Roman-Dutch law and Roman-Frisian law
2.6 Early Modern Natural law and the usus modernus pandectarum
2.7 Specific Performance versus Nemo praecise

3. Specific performance as Primary Remedy
3.1 Introduction
3.2 German Ius Commune
3.3 Prussia and the Allgemeines Landrecht (1794)
3.4 France and the Code civil (1804)
3.5 The Rhine Province, Baden and the Code civil
3.6 The Netherlands, Roman-Dutch law and the Code civil
3.7 Comparison

4. Damages as Rule
4.1 Introduction
4.2 German Confederation (1815–1866)
4.3 German Empire (1871–1918)
4.4 France and Belgium
4.5 The Netherlands
4.6 Comparison

5. Specific Performance as an Exceptional Remedy
5.1 Introduction
5.2 France and Belgium
5.4 German Empire
5.5 Comparison

6. Summary and Conclusions

Bibliography
Works before 1900
19th Century Judicial Reviews
Works after 1900

Index of Names
Index of Sources
Index of Cases