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IS IT RIGHT THE ELECTION OF METHOD IN CALCULATING THE REDUCTION IN THE PRICE IN THE LATIN AMERICAN PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACT LAW?
The Latin American Principles of Contract Law project adopted the price reduction as a general remedy which can be applied to any contract, right position. They also approve a calculation method of reduction in price which is the same of art. 50 CISG. The paper, after an introduction which describes the process of unification of contract law in Latin American, realizes a critical analysis of this election and it demonstrates that this election is not the most appropriate.
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UNFORESEEN EVENTS AND COVID-19: ON THE ROLE OF COURTS AND STATUES IN TIMES OF CRISIS
This article discusses the role of courts and legislators in the development of Chilean private law in the context a recent bill that seeks to enact the French théorie de l’imprévision in the Chilean Civil Code as a reaction to the economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis. On the one hand, it holds that the public discussion triggered by this bill has led to the emergence of a certain consensus regarding the convenience of accepting this theory, but that the most adequate path for this remains an open question. In this context and relying on elements of Comparative Law, Legal Theory and Law and Economics it argues that, in the Chilean case, the best route to bring this doctrine into the legal system is a legislative reform, but that the proposed bill does not have the technical depth required for it. On the other hand, it argues that general and unforeseen crisis, as that of the COVID-19, should be dealt by special emergency legislation, not by judicial or statutory general reforms aiming to introduce new legal paradigms.
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CONTRACTUAL SOLIDARISMO IN FRANCE AND THE CONSTITUCIONALIZATION OF CONTRACTS IN COLOMBIA
Recently, a theoretical discourse that advocates a new reading of the general theory of contracts has taken hold. The theory maintains that in light of moral principles expressed through relatively precise “principles,” judges may employ broad powers in moderating economic relations agreed upon by the parties. The article examines, from the perspective of comparative law, the French and the Colombian cases, examining the different applications of this trend in the two countries. The paper uses an eminently critical approach in seeking to reveal the practical implications behind the scholarly rhetoric.