Table of Contents

(0) Introduction (1) Chapter I - Unfair Contract Terms in b2b Relations: A Wide Protective Approach (1.1) Invalidation of Unfair Terms in All Business Transactions (1.2) Fairness Control in All b2b Contracts: the German Case (1.3) Regulating Standard Contract Terms and the Role of Entrepreneurial Risk (1.4) Procedural Fairness for all Businesses (2) Chapter II - Weak Business Parties (2.1) Weakness in Negotiations and Standard Form Contracting (2.2) The Role of Competition Law (2.3) Defining Weak Business Parties (2.4) Objectives and Rationales for the Protection of the Weak Business Parties (3) Chapter III - Regulating Asymmetrical B2b Relationships (3.1) Signs of a New Trend (3.2) Incorporation and Transparency in the Rules of the Italian Codice Civile (3.3) Enacting Rules on Substantive Fairness (3.4) Recent Developments in the Italian Legislation (3.5) Some Considerations on the Italian System (4) Conclusions (5) Literature

About the Author

Carlotta Rinaldo is a Researcher of Commercial Law at the Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy.