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GOOD FAITH IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF IMPLIED TERMS IN CONTRACTS
This paper aims to show that the role that the principle of good faith plays in the construction of implied terms in contract law can be elaborated into more precise and concrete rules in statutory law, custom and precedents. This is to be established through a careful analysis of relevant statutory law, contractual usages and judicial decisions. To be sure, these sources are hierarchically ordered such that, facing a contractual gap, a judge must apply first statutory provisions and contractual usages, before relying on his own judicial powers to imply a contractual term. This means, it is contended, that when judges exercise their power to fill contractual gaps, they are also filling gaps in statutory law and, therefore, they are not only constructing a particular contract but contributing to the development of the law of contracts more generally.
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Nulity of abuse clauses in reservations, promises of sale and purchase signed by consumers of homes marketed in green
This work analyzes the sentence handed down in Sernac against Socovesa S.A., and another (2020) that pronounces on a claim derived for the defense of the collective interest of consumers by virtue of the special procedure established in article 53 of Title IV of the LPDC. The action is based on the different abusive clauses that the defendants maintain in the adhesion contracts that they usually enter into with consumers during the process of buying a house using the so-called green modality; These are the reserve for the home purchase operation, the contract of the promise of sale and the contract of sale with a mutual mortgage. The study focuses specifically on the claims related to the declaration of nullity of certain clauses that were rejected in the judgment of the first instance that was confirmed by the Court of Appeals of Santiago. Consequently, it reflects on the nature of reservations as an adhesion contract, on the interpretation of article 138 bis of the LGUC in the light of consumer rights and also, on the object of the clauses of accordance.
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The incompatibility of the remedies against the “prestación irrisoria” according to the ecuadorian Commercial Code
The new Commercial Code enshrines the prestación irrisoria for the first time in our legal system. Its purpose is to ensure that the obligations that each contractual party acquires are symmetrical. Nonetheless, the Code offers three incompatible consequences should the contract have a prestación irrisoria: absolute nullity, resolution and adapting the contract. For that reason, we propose that the adequate consequence for a prestación irrisoria should be the relative nullity, since that solution is compatible with the adaptation of the contract.
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BRIEF REVIEW OF LIABILITY FOR INTERFERENCE OF CONTRACTS COMPETITOR IN CHILE IN LIGHT OF THE COMMON LAW
This article seeks to make a contribution to a better understanding of liability for interfering and inducing the breach of contracts made by rivals, a novel area of tort law in Chile. Section i introduces the problem which is particularly conspicuous in relation to non-compete clauses. Section iibriefly describes tort liability for interfering with another’s contract, the paradigm followed in France that has had a clear influence upon part of the Chilean legal doctrine. Section iii, the main chapter of this paper, examines the tort of inducing breach of contract typified in the LCD; it reviews the conditions for attributing tort liability for this conduct in the light of English law; and it emphasizes the need for requiring bad faith and intention if liability is to be consistent with the freedom to compete. Section iv concludes that the future Chilean case law could impose tort liability for negligently bad faith interference with another’s contract or adhere to an even more conservative position that confines liability to the tort of inducing breach of contract, as happens in the English Law.
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EL DESPIDO LIBRE EN EL CONTRATO DE TRABAJO ESTADOUNIDENSE.
Este artículo analiza el despido libre o empleo a voluntad en el contrato de trabajo en Estados Unidos, explicando sus orígenes, desarrollo y fundamentos, así como sus críticas por parte de diversos laboralistas de dicho país, finalizando con algunas conclusiones críticas desde la perspectiva de la teoría del Derecho del Trabajo.