Includes bibliographical references.

The role of CCBE and of the legal practitioners in the process of harmonization of contract law / Marcella Prunbauer-Glaser -- Some preliminary remarks / Friedrich Graf von Westphalen -- The common European sales law : why do we need it and how should it be designed? / Dirk Staudenmayer -- CESL, fundamental rights, general principles, rules of contract law / Guido Alpa -- The debate on CESL in the European parliament / Luigi Berlinguer -- Draft optional regulation on a common European sales law : first considerations / Ubaldo Perfetti -- The proposed regulation on a common European sales law : an Italian perspective / Giuseppe Conte -- The common European sales law : a German perspective on the CESL / Georg Maier-Reimer -- The proposed common European sales law : scope and choice of law / W. James Wolffe -- Requiring and withholding performance, termination and price reduction : the CESL compared to the Vienna Sales Convention / Enrica Senini -- The CESL's contribution in terms of damages and interest / Louis-Bernard Buchman.