Table of Contents -- Detailed Contents -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Part 1. The Overall Structure -- Chapter 1. Party Autonomy and the Role of Information in the Internal Market - an Overview -- Part 2. Party Autonomy and Information - Normative and Theoretical Foundations -- Section 1. Constitutional Aspects of Party Autonomy and Its Limits -- Chapter 2. Constitutional Aspects of Party Autonomy and Its Limits - The Perspective of Law -- Chapter 3. Constitutional Aspects of Party Autonomy and Its Limits - The Perspective of Constitutional Economics -- Section 2. Information Problems and Market Failure: The Perspective of Economics -- Chapter 4. Consumer Information Problems - Causes and Consequences -- Chapter 5. Information in the Market Economy - Cognitive Errors and Legal Correctives -- Part 3. Supremacy of Party Autonomy and Information under the EC Treaty -- Chapter 6. Basic Freedoms - Extending Party Autonomy across Borders -- Chapter 7. Disclosure Rules (Information) as a Primary Tool in the Doctrine on Measures Having an Equivalent Effect -- Part 4. Information Rules in EC Secondary Law - Justifying Consumer and Labour Law Standards in General -- Section 1. Justifying Consumer and Labour Law -- Chapter 8. Justifying Limits to Party Autonomy in the Internal Market - Mainly Consumer Protection (Kirchner) -- Chapter 9. Justifying Limits to Party Autonomy in the Internal Market - EC Legislation in the Field of Consumer Protection -- Chapter 10. A Comment on Party Autonomy and Consumer Regulation in the European Community - A Plea for Consistency -- Chapter 11. Justifying European Employment Law -- Chapter 12. Justifying European Employment Law - Comments -- Section 2. Information as an Instrument for Party Autonomy -- Chapter 13. Disclosure Rules as a Primary Tool for Fostering Party Autonomy.

Chapter 14. Disclosure Rules as a Primary Tool for Fostering Party Autonomy - Observations from a Functional and Comparative Legal Perspective -- Chapter 15. Information Intermediaries and Party Autonomy - The Example of Securities and Insurance Markets -- Part 5. Party Autonomy and Information Rules in Specific Areas of EC Private Law Legislation -- Chapter 16. Party Autonomy and Information in the Unfair Contract Terms Directive -- Chapter 17. Contractual Rules Concerning the Marketing of Goods and Services - Requirements of Form and Content versus Private Autonomy -- Chapter 18. Party Autonomy and Information in the Sales Directive -- Chapter 19. The Written Statement Directive - Social Norms, Information, and the Employment Relationship -- Index.