scholarly journals FORMALISM IN ROMAN CONTRACT LAW

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1457-1463
Author(s):  
Shpresa Alimi-Memedi
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Roman Law ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
Accepted Form

The certain mode of production conditions certain legal expressions, determines the character and the forms of expression of the law, and depending on this, certain legal institutes and legal principles arise and change. The principle of formalism in a certain period of development of contractual relations is nothing but an expression of certain socioeconomic and other conditions present in that period. The subject of this paper is the principle of formalism as a feature of Roman contract law, the emergent forms of formalism in Roman law, the causes and functions of formalism in certain stage of development of Roman law. The influence of religion on the law and the low level of development of socioeconomic relations were the main reasons for the recognition of formalism in the first legal systems.The principle of formalism implies that the form of the contract as a means of expressing the consent of the will of the parties is a legally established imperative. The specific way of expressing the will to conclude a contract is an essential element of the contract. Infringement of the form is sanctioned by the nullity of the agreement.Formalism in Roman contract law is present and dominant in the period of the early Roman state and law, the late Roman Republic and pre-classical Roman law. The principle of formalism in these developmental stages of the Roman state and law does not mean that it excludes completely the opposite principle of consensualism which implies that contracts are created by a mere consent of the will of the contracting parties, which can be expressed in words or in writing, or with other behavior from which its existence can certainly be concluded. In Roman law, the consensual form has never succeeded in becoming a generally accepted form and Roman law has never formulated the general principle of consensuality.

Without the Power to Drink or Contract

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-48
Author(s):  
Warren Swain
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Roman Law ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
Over Time

Intoxication as a ground to set aside a contract is not something that has proved to be easy for the law to regulate. This is perhaps not very surprising. Intoxication is a temporary condition of varying degrees of magnitude. Its presence does however raise questions of contractual autonomy and individual responsibility. Alcohol consumption is a common social activity and perceptions of intoxication and especially alcoholism have changed over time. Roman law is surprisingly quiet on the subject. In modern times the rules about intoxicated contracting in Scottish and English law is very similar. Rather more interestingly the law in these two jurisdictions has reached the current position in slightly different ways. This history can be traced through English Equity, the works of the Scottish Institutional writers, the rise of the Will Theory, and all leavened with a dose of judicial pragmatism.

The Laws of Hammurabi

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Barmash
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Roman Law ◽  
Intellectual Culture ◽  
Biblical Law ◽  
Intellectual Tradition ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Copernican Revolution ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law

The Laws of Hammurabi is one of the earliest law codes, dating from the eighteenth century BCE Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq). It is the culmination of a tradition in which scribes would demonstrate their legal flair by composing statutes on a repertoire of traditional cases, articulating what they deemed just and fair. The book describes how the scribe of the Laws of Hammurabi advanced beyond earlier scribes in composing statutes that manifest systematization and implicit legal principles. The scribe inserted the statutes into the structure of a royal inscription, skillfully reshaping the genre. This approach allowed the king to use the law code to demonstrate that Hammurabi had fulfilled the mandate to guarantee justice enjoined upon him by the gods, affirming his authority as king. This tradition of scribal improvisation on a set of traditional cases continued outside of Mesopotamia, influencing biblical law and the law of the Hittite Empire and perhaps shaping Greek and Roman law. The Laws of Hammurabi is also a witness to the start of another stream of intellectual tradition. It became a classic text and the subject of formal commentaries, marking a Copernican revolution in intellectual culture.

scholarly journals PEMAHAMAN TENTANG PENGERTIAN PASAL 1321 KUHPERDATA DALAM HUKUM PERJANJIAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigit Irianto
Keyword(s):  
Problem Formulation ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law

<p align="center"><strong>ABSTRAK</strong></p><p>Hokum perjanjian sangat membuka diri untuk berkembangnya penafsiran, namun penafsiran tersebut harus dapat diungkapkan secara jelas untuk dapat dipahami oleh orang lain. Secara normal seseorang yang hendak melakukan perjanjian mempunyai kehendak, bahwa perjanjian itu dibuat sesuai dengan kehendaknya, namun seringkali ada factor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kehendaknya tersebut. Pasal 1321 KUHPerdata merupakan salah satu materi hokum perjanjian yang perlu diperjelas pengertiannya. Rumusan masalah: 1).  Apakah maksud dari istilah yang digunakan dalam Pasal 1321 KUHPerdata? 2).<strong> </strong>Bagaimana Penafsiran dalam Pasal 1321 KHUPerdata?<strong>. </strong>Pembahasan :1)<strong> </strong>Istilah cacat kehendak sesuai dengan harus dipahami dalam konteks subyek hokum yang mengadakan perjanjian, 2). Substansi Pasal 1321 KUHPerdata yaitu:Kekhilafan, paksanaan, penipuan dan penyalahgunaan keadaan merupakan factor yang dapat mempengaruhi kehendak seseorang. Kehendak bukanlah cacat tetapi ada factor-faktor yang mempengaruhinya, sehingga kehendaknya menjadi keliru.<strong></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Kata Kunci</strong>: factor kehendak, penafsiran, hokum perjanjian, pemahaman.  </p><p align="center"><strong> </strong></p><p align="center"><strong>ABSTACT</strong></p><p>The contract law is very open to developing interpretations, but these interpretations must be clearly expressed in order to be understood by others. Normally someone who wants to make an agreement has a will, that the agreement was made according to his will, but often there are factors that influence his will. Article 1321 of the Civil Code is one of the legal material agreements that need to be clarified. Problem formulation: 1). What does the term used in Article 1321 of the Civil Code mean? 2). What is the interpretation in Article 1321 of the Civil Registry? Discussion: 1) The term deformed will according to must be understood in the context of the subject of the law that entered into the agreement, 2). The substance of Article 1321 of the Civil Code, namely: Errors, practices, fraud, and abuse of circumstances is a factor that can affect one's will. The will is not flawed but there are factors that influence it, so the will becomes wrong.</p><p> </p><p>Keywords: will factor, interpretations, contract law, understanding.</p>

scholarly journals Variety of theoretical approaches to legal interpretation

2021 ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
A. Yе. Shevchenko ◽  
S. V. Kudin
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Legal Interpretation ◽  
True Nature ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law

The article explores the variety of theoretical approaches to legal interpretation. It has been determined that the variety of approaches to legal interpretation is due to the complexity of the nature of the origin of this phenomenon, the conditions for the development of post-non-classical science, and the recent influence of the paradigm of comparism, which assumes pluralism of opinions and ideas in legal research. It was found that in modern science there are four traditional theoretical approaches to the essence of legal interpretation. It has been determined that the content of the first approach is revealed within the framework of legal hermeneutics through a number of categories. The essence of the second approach (formal dogmatic or static) is expressed in the fact that the subject of interpretation must strictly and rigorously follow the letter of the law, establish only the meaning of the normative legal act, which the lawmaking body enshrined in it at the time of the publication of the act. That is why normative legal acts cannot, through interpretation, adapt to the changing economic, social, political, cultural internal and external conditions of public life. It is proved that the essence of the dynamic theoretical approach lies in the fact that the subject of legal interpretation adapts the normative legal act to the changes that occur in various social relations. It was found that there is a contradiction between the dynamic and static approaches in legal interpretation, which is reflected in the traditionally called objective and subjective theories of interpretation. According to the subjective theory, the purpose of legal interpretation is to establish the «will of the legislator», and according to the objective theory – to establish the «will of the law». It has been substantiated that the essence of the activity approach is that interpretation is considered as a special kind of legal activity aimed at understanding and clarifying the content of legal texts. The authors of this article point out that in order to establish the true nature of legal interpretation, the methodological foundations of the study should be presented much broader and more diverse, and not be limited only to traditional approaches. When studying it, a comprehensive, integrative approach is needed, which, based on the relevance of interdisciplinary relationships, would include logical, language (linguistic), philosophical, sociological, psychological, axiological (value), ethical, legal, historical, economic, political, mathematical and other substantiation of legal interpretation. Keywords: diversity, theoretical approach, legal interpretation, interpretive practice, integrative approach

Contract

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Gordley
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
Legal Problems ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Law

‘Classical’ contract law was built on a substantive premise about contract law and two premises about legal method. The substantive premise was voluntaristic: the business of contract law is to enforce the will or choice of the parties. The first methodological premise was positivistic: the law is found, implicitly or explicitly, in the decisions of common law judges. The second methodological premise was conceptualistic: the law should be stated in general formulas which can be tested by their coherence. Finally, ‘classical’ contract law reflected an attitude about how best to steer a course — as every legal system must — between strict rules and equitable considerations. Since the early twentieth century, classical contract law has been breaking down. Allegiance to its premises has weakened as has the preference for rigor. At the same time, scholars have found classical law to be inconsistent even in its own terms. Nevertheless, much of it has remained in place faute de mieux while contemporary jurists have tried to see what is really at stake in particular legal problems. This article describes their work.

Contract law, theories of

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.E. Simmonds
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
The State ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Law ◽  
Individual Choices ◽  
Rival View

Theories of contract law seek to articulate general principles and values underpinning the complex rules of contract law. Some theorists view contract law as simply concerned to facilitate individual choices and enforce the will of the parties. A rival view holds that it is impossible to derive the content of contract law from such a sparse foundation: contract law is better viewed as one of the instruments whereby the state regulates markets and distributes resources and power. The debate addresses the detailed technicalities of the law, but seeks to relate these technicalities to broader questions of political philosophy.

Contract Law

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewan McKendrick
Keyword(s):  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Undue Influence ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
Specific Performance ◽  
Consumer Contracts ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
Unfair Terms

Contract Law: Text, Cases, and Materials provides a complete guide to the subject of contract law. The book comprises a balance of 60% text to 40% cases and materials. Its clear explanations and analyses of the law provide support to students, while the extracts from cases and materials promote the development of essential case reading skills and allow for a more detailed appreciation of the practical workings of the law and of the best legal scholarship. Part I of the book examines the rules relating to the existence of an agreement (particularly offer and acceptance, uncertain and incomplete agreements, and consideration and promissory estoppel). Part II covers the terms of the contract, including implied terms, interpretation, boilerplate clauses, exclusion clauses, unfair terms in consumer contracts, and good faith. Part III examines topics such as mistake, misrepresentation, duress, undue influence, unconscionability, inequality of bargaining power, and frustration and force majeure. Part IV turns to breaches of contract and termination, damages, and specific performance. The last part, Part V, concentrates on third parties.

scholarly journals PERSONHOOD, ANIMALS, AND THE LAW

Think ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (34) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M. Korsgaard
Keyword(s):  
Roman Law ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
The Law

The idea that all the entities in the world may be, for legal and moral purposes, divided into the two categories of ‘persons’ and ‘things’ comes down to us from the tradition of Roman law. In the law, a ‘person’ is essentially the subject of rights and obligations, while a thing may be owned as property. In ethics, a person is an object of respect, to be valued for her own sake, and never to be used as a mere means to an end, while a thing has only a derivative value, and may be used as a means to some person's ends. This bifurcation is unfortunate because it seems to leave us with no alternative but to categorize everything as either a person or a thing. Yet some of the entities that give rise to the most vexing ethical problems are exactly the ones that do not seem to fit comfortably into either category. For various, different, kinds of reasons, it seems inappropriate to categorize a fetus, a non-human animal, the environment, or an object of great beauty, as a person, but neither does it seem right to say of such things that they are to be valued only as means.

Systematic and Nonsystematic Variability in Advanced Language Learning

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Towell ◽  
Roger Hawkins ◽  
Nives Bazergui
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Diffusion Model ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Developmental Processes ◽  
Advanced Learners ◽  
The Subject

Variability, both systematic and nonsystematic, has been the subject of much debate in recent years in the study of learner interlanguage. This article presents empirical evidence from a longitudinal study of a small group of advanced learners of French. Variability is noticeable throughout the period of learning of a particular structure in French. Nonsystematicity observed in individual learners' performance is explained in the light of developmental stages such as those put forward in Gatbonton's diffusion model. When looked at in terms of developmental processes, nonsystematic variability becomes an essential element of progress. Patterns of development are observed across the subjects, and learning can thus be seen to follow a systematic route.

scholarly journals Civilians and insurance: approximations of reality to the law

2015 ◽  
Vol 83 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 323-364
Author(s):  
Guido Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Roman Law ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
Do So

In the study of the history of insurance, much attention has been paid to early modern jurists. Their importance as a source for the study of the subject is, however, debatable. Early modern jurists were more interested in systematising insurance than in describing it for what it was. Their main effort lay in explaining this non-Roman contract in Roman law terms. To do so, something had to be sacrificed - reality.


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