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Benevolent Intervention in Another's Affairs
Principles of European Law
von Christian von Bar
Herausgegeben von Study Group on a European Civil Code
Principles of European Law
März 2006
XXX, 471 Seiten
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Principles of European Law
von Christian von Bar
Herausgegeben von Study Group on a European Civil Code
Principles of European Law
März 2006
XXX, 471 Seiten
Anzahl:
In all legal systems of the European Union the law of contract and the law of tort form the main pillars of the law of obligations. Legal history and comparative law show, however, that it is not possible to cope with these two bodies of rules alone - even if their scope of application is generously conceived. Another part of the law of obligations, alongside the law of unjustified enrichment, which to some extent lies "between" contract and tort and fills the gaps that those areas of the law leave behind, is subject of this Book. The Study Group on a European Civil Code has drafted Principles relating to the unsolicited and voluntary undertaking of another's affairs on the basis of a reasonable ground for intervention: "Principles of European Law: Benevolent Intervention in Another's Affairs".
In continental European legal systems the law on voluntary management of another's affairs developed from the Roman law concept of negotiorum gestio. While distinguishable in its contemporary form from its historical origin, its Latin nomenclature remains current for many lawyers in continental Europe and Scotland. Consistent with that, the Latin term features throughout both as an umbrella term for the current national laws and as a collective label for the European Principles set out and explained in the text.
The Common Law does not recognise an independent relationship of legal obligations derived from a (beneficial) voluntary and benevolent intervention in another's affairs. English and Irish law has only functional equivalents scattered across diverse legal constructs. As a result, the English legal language does not yet possess a native term for the legal obligation arising by operation of law out of the management of another's affairs. The Study Group has opted for "Benevolent Intervention in Another's Affairs" as a suitable description. No practical consequences result from that, save that in the English version of the articles the person acting is called an "intervener", rather than the gestor.
Reviews:
"This collection and, indeed, encyclopedia of the law of distribution contracts in the European countries is a treasure which will serve for a long time as the number one source of acadamic knowledge in this intricate field of comparative contract law ()"
(Professor Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Martinek in GPR 3/07, S. 152)
"Für den Rechtsvergleicher ist dies eine wunderbare Fundgrube; für den europäisch orientierten Rechtspolitiker enthält der Band viel Stoff zum Nachdenken, für den jungen neugierigen Juristen bietet sich die Gelegenheit, die eigene Rechtsordnung greade im Vergleich mit anderen europäischen Rechten zu verstehen. Häufig erleichtert der Blick über den Tellerrand des eigenen Rechts das Verständnis dasselben." (Professor Dr. Dagmar Coester-Waltjen in JURA, Heft 12/2006)
In continental European legal systems the law on voluntary management of another's affairs developed from the Roman law concept of negotiorum gestio. While distinguishable in its contemporary form from its historical origin, its Latin nomenclature remains current for many lawyers in continental Europe and Scotland. Consistent with that, the Latin term features throughout both as an umbrella term for the current national laws and as a collective label for the European Principles set out and explained in the text.
The Common Law does not recognise an independent relationship of legal obligations derived from a (beneficial) voluntary and benevolent intervention in another's affairs. English and Irish law has only functional equivalents scattered across diverse legal constructs. As a result, the English legal language does not yet possess a native term for the legal obligation arising by operation of law out of the management of another's affairs. The Study Group has opted for "Benevolent Intervention in Another's Affairs" as a suitable description. No practical consequences result from that, save that in the English version of the articles the person acting is called an "intervener", rather than the gestor.
Reviews:
"This collection and, indeed, encyclopedia of the law of distribution contracts in the European countries is a treasure which will serve for a long time as the number one source of acadamic knowledge in this intricate field of comparative contract law ()"
(Professor Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Martinek in GPR 3/07, S. 152)
"Für den Rechtsvergleicher ist dies eine wunderbare Fundgrube; für den europäisch orientierten Rechtspolitiker enthält der Band viel Stoff zum Nachdenken, für den jungen neugierigen Juristen bietet sich die Gelegenheit, die eigene Rechtsordnung greade im Vergleich mit anderen europäischen Rechten zu verstehen. Häufig erleichtert der Blick über den Tellerrand des eigenen Rechts das Verständnis dasselben." (Professor Dr. Dagmar Coester-Waltjen in JURA, Heft 12/2006)