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Introduction to Contract Law
Preface
Abbreviations and Acronyms
A – GENERAL PART
1. Introduction
2. Fundamental Concepts of Contract Law
2.1. Contract Law, Law of Obligations, Obligation, and Legal Transaction
2.2. Contract as a Bilateral Obligatory Legal Transaction
2.3. Types and General Characteristics of Contractual Obligations
2.4. Legal Entity and Legal Capacity
3. Legal Sources of Contract Law
4. Basic Principles of Contract Law
4.1. The Principle of Dispositivity
4.2. The Principle of Free Regulation of Obligations Relationships (The Principle of Autonomy of Will of Obligations Subjects)
4.3. The Principle of Conscientiousness and Fairness
4.4. The Principle of Equality
4.5. The Principle of Equal Value of Performances
4.6. The Principle of Peaceful Dispute Resolution
4.7. The Principle of Diligent Conduct
4.8. The Principle of Prohibition of Causing Harm
4.9. The Principle of Prohibition of Abuse of Rights
4.10. The Principle of the Duty to Fulfil Obligations – Pacta Sunt Servanda
5. Commercial Contract
6. Conclusion of a Contract
6.1. Negotiations
6.2. Offer and Acceptance of an Offer
6.3. Silence of the Recipient and the Time and Place of Contract Conclusion
6.4. Pre-contract
6.5. General Terms of the Contract (General Terms and Conditions of Business)
7. Contract Validity
7.1. Legal and Contractual Capacity of Contracting Parties
7.2. Mutual Consent of Intents
7.2.1. Defects of Intent
7.2.1.2. Simulated Contract
7.2.1.3. Error
7.2.1.4. Threat
7.2.1.5. Fraud
7.3. Possibility, Permissibility, Definiteness, and Determinability of the Subject of Performance and the Contractual Bases
7.4. Contract Format
8. Condition
9. Deadline
10. Strengthening of Obligations
10.1. Earnest Money
10.2. Termination Fee
11. Conclusion of Contracts through a Representative or Agent
12. Invalidity of Contracts
12.1. Nullity
12.2. Voidability
12.3. Key Differences Between Nullity and Voidability
13. Monetary Obligations
13.1. The Principle of Monetary Nominalism
13.2. Interest
13.3. Fundamental Rules of Debt Repayment
14. Joint and Several Obligation
15. Termination or Modification of a Contract Due to Changed Circumstances
16. Termination of an Obligational Relationship
16.1. Fulfilment
16.2. Set-off
16.3. Debt forgiveness
16.4. Novation
16.5. Merger
16.6. Lapse of Time, Termination
16.7. Impossibility of Performance
16.8. Death of a Party
17. Limitation and Preclusion
B – SPECIAL PART
18. Types of Contracts
19. Sales Contract
19.1. Essential Elements of a Sales Contract
19.2. Who Bears the Risk of Accidental Destruction and Damage to the Item
19.3. Acquisition of Ownership Rights to an Item
19.4. Seller's Obligations
19.4.1. Seller's Liability for Material Defects
19.4.2. Seller’s Liability for Legal Defects
19.5. Obligations of the Buyer
19.6. Right of First Refusal
20. Gift Agreement
21. Loan Agreement
21.1. Consumer Credit
22. Leasing Contract
23. Barter Contract
24. Service Agreement (Contract for Work)
24.1. Contractor's Obligations
24.2. Client's Obligations
24.3. Calculation with Explicit Guarantee
24.4. Responsibility for Errors
25. Construction Contract
Literature
Kolofon
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