Die Bürgschaft in der europäischen Rechtstradition : Eine historische Analyse des deutschen Bürgschaftsrechts und dessen Berücksichtigung im Draft Common Frame of Reference

»The Guarantee in the European Legal History«The German law on guarantees looks back on over one hundred years of case history. The author analysis the judgments of the German »Reichsgericht« and the »Bundesgerichtshof« with a focus on the guarantee contract itself, the creditor's pre-contractual and contractual obligations and the financial overstrain of the guarantor. Additionally he compares the principles of the German law on guarantees to the rules of the DCFR, determining and assessing differences and similarities.