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Particularly adapted to franchising, comparative law demonstrates, beyond the different national conceptions, the unique economic role of this legal instrument.
An examination of American, European, French, German and Italian law reveals that they still too often focus on defining the reciprocal obligations of the parties without sufficiently taking into account the network into which the contract is inserted. At the crossroads of competition law and contract law, the legal regime of franchising is still seeking its balance.