Week 2 Flashcards

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Legal subjects

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Natural persons
 Acting for private purposes
 Acting for commercial purposes (“business”)

Legal persons
- Without legal personality (“partnerships”)
- With legal personality (“companies”)

Legal subjects can have possession, control and/or ownership over
objects

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Legal objects

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  • Goods
    Tangible vs intangible (incl. documentary intangibles)
    Movable vs immovable
    Generic vs specific goods
  • (Animals)
  • Services
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Types of rights

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Real rights:
Right in or over an identifiable asset or group of assets

Personal rights:
Claims on a person

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Real rights (types)

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Ownership
- Co-ownership
- Versus possession
- Possession vs custody/detain

Real rights of use (easements)
- Ground lease (emphytheusis)

Security rights attached to the object
- Charge by law

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When do we have an offer? (Contract info)

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Party has an intention to have a contract
The offer containts definite terms (Price)

Even if its free

Can be offer to 1+ persons or public

Offer to sell at specific price set by suppliers

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Revoke offer?

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An offer may be revoked if the revocation reaches the offeree before it has dispatched its acceptance

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Withdraw offer?

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An offer, even if it is irrevocable, may be withdrawn if the withdrawal reaches the offeree before or at the same time as the offer

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When accepted?

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Declaration by offeree(receiver)
Reached the offeror

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Unilateral agreement

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only one party has certain obligations

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Reciprocal agreement

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both parties have commitments

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Consensual agreement

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rule

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Formal agreements

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Formal requirements (e.g. Mortgage)

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Real agreement

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by delivery

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14
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Intuitu personae

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Person of the other party is an essential element

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Privity of contract

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Only obligations and rights for parties involved (>< third
party)
- Exception: third party claims

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Performance under contract

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Strict complaince to the execution of the contract
- E.g. By paying the debt

Sanctions in case of breach of contract
- No force majeure
- Formal notice

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Legal Facts

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Every fact (an event, a condition or an action or omission) to which the law accords legal consequences

Eg.
 Event: e.g. birth, death
 Condition: e.g. insanity
 Action / omission: e.g. tort law

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Tort law

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Fault
Damages
Causal link between the fault & damages

19
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Legal Acts

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Every action (or omission) which is deliberately taken considering the consequences accorded to it by law

  • Unilateral: e.g. an offer, a resignation
  • Multilateral: e.g. a contract
20
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Legal acts: validity

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Conditions for a valid legal act
- Consent
- Object
- Cause
- Ability

21
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The intention of a party to be legally bound is to be determined from

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  • from the party’s statements, conduct or omission
  • as they were reasonably understood by the other party
  • Consent may not be defected
22
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Consent: Abscense of defects in intentions

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Fraud
Mistake
Violence
Unfair advantages

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Conditions for valid agreement

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Cause - the reason why you take action (legal act) or enter into an agreement

A party must have ability to take legal action / enter into an agreement (Legal or personal capacity)

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Sanctions: Avoidance of the legal act

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 It sanctions rules that were breached upon the conclusion of a legal act
 Retroactive effect
 Avoided vs void
 2 types:
- absolute
- relative

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Sanction: Absolute nullity

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  • Rules of public order
  • Everyone can invoke avoidance
  • At every stage of the dispute
  • No waiver
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Sanctions: Relative nullity

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  • Mandatory law
  • Only protected parties can invoke avoidance
  • At the beginning of dispute
  • Waiver is conditionally po
27
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General idea = freedom of contract

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  • To enter into agreements or not
  • To choose the other party
  • To determine the content of the agreement
28
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Freedom of contract:
Rules relating to the validity of a contract

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Exemptions
Lack of consent
Formal requirements
Personal capacity

Mandatory law

29
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Freedom of contract: Conflicting (fundamental) rights

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No discrimination based upon race, age, gender