LA- Classifications of Contracts Flashcards
Eight (8) classifications of contracts:
- relation to other contracts
- perfection
- form
- purpose
- subject matter
- nature of the vinculum they produce
- cause
- cause
- risks involved
three (3) kinds of contract according to relation to other contracts:
preparatory (partnership + insurance)
principal (sale + lease)
accessory (pledge + mortgage)
kinds of contract according to perfection:
consensual (sale + lease)
real (pledge + commodatum)
kinds of contract according to form:
common/ informal
special/ formal (chattel mortgage)
kinds of contract according to purpose:
transfer of ownership (sale)
conveyance of use (commodatum)
rendition of service (agency + labor)
kinds of contract according to subject matter:
things (sale, deposit, pledge)
service (agency, lease of service, labor)
kinds of contract according to nature of vinculum they produce:
unilateral (commodatum + gratuitous deposit)
bilateral (sale + lease)
kinds of contract according to cause:
onerous (sale + insurance)
gratuitous (commodatum)
kinds of contract according to risks involved:
commutative
aleatory
kinds of contract according to their names/ norms regulating them:
nominate
innominate
classification of innominate contract in the roman law:
i give and you give
i give and you do
i do and you do
three (3) contract stages:
- generation
- perfection
- consummation
those which have for their object the establishment of a condition in law which is necessary as a preliminary step towards celebration of another subsequent contract
preparatory
those which can subsist independently from other contracts and whose purpose can be fulfilled by themselves
principal
those which can exist only as a consequence of, or in relation to another prior contract
accessory
- follow the previous
- do not deviate from the previous contract
preparatory
- independent
- no law takes it
principal
- present in instances that need it
- donation pledges
accessory
those which are perfected by the mere agreement of the parties
consensual
those which require not only the consent of the parties for their perfection but also the delivery of the object by one part to the other
real
- a gratuitous loan of movable property to be used and returned by the borrower
- type of contract for permissive use
commodatum
- free use of something
- ex. SM can use CDO refrigerators under the condition they use it only for CDO products
commodatum