ON THE LONG WAY TOWARDS A EUROPEAN CIVIL CODE (PART II.) (Na dlhej ceste k Europskemu obcianskemu zakonniku. II. cast.)

The second part of the article focuses on the methods of civil law unification in Europe including in particular a European Civil Code or other binding Community instruments, drafting common principles, spontaneous harmonization of private law and application of an optional instrument. Furthermore, this part of the article is concerned with economic and political arguments regarding a potential European Civil Code and it also deals with the importance of differences between legal systems and legal cultures with respect to the unification of law by means of a uniform civil code.