The Draft Common Frame of Reference as a "Toolbox" for Domestic Courts

Chapter 1 § 1 Portuguese Codified Law and Its Broad-Minded Attitude Towards Comparative Law and Jurisprudence from a Historical Perspective

Chapter 2 § 2 Judges as Key Players in the Development of European Private Law

Chapter 3 § 3 A Role for the DCFR in Domestic Adjudication

Chapter 4 § 4 General Remarks on the Non-Contractual Liability Regime Arising Out of Damage Caused to Another in the Portuguese Civil Code

Chapter 5 § 5 Drawbacks of Unlawfulness and Compensation of Pure Economic Loss

Chapter 6 § 6 General Remarks on the Non-Contractual Liability Regime Arising Out of Damage Caused to Another in the Draft Common Frame of Reference (PEL. Liab. Dam.)

Chapter 7 § 7 Reception of the DCFR’s Concept of “Legally Relevant Damage” and Its Potential for the Protection of Pure Economic Interests

Chapter 9 § 9 Could Portuguese Courts Use the DCFR over National Sources of Law?

Chapter 10 § 10 Should the Portuguese Courts Use the DCFR Concept of “Legally Relevant Damage”?