The German "culpa in contrahendo"

dc.contributor.advisorHutchison, Dale
dc.contributor.authorIck, Harald
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-22T10:11:00Z
dc.date.available2021-11-22T10:11:00Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.date.updated2021-11-18T09:31:14Z
dc.description.abstractIn German law the contractual liability of the debtor requires an obligation, this is expressed within the German civil code which formulates 'an obligatory relationship'. For this reason, any fault (Verschulden) committed before or during the conclusion of a contract, can only be an unlawful act, in the circumstances of the law of delict. However certain problems in the law of delict arise, such as the enumeration principle, exculpatory proof, burden of proof and prescription times. These problems caused unsatisfactory results in special constellations since the German Civil Code (BGB) was enacted in 1900. Therefore, the courts and the legal writers i.n addition to the written code, and without consent or refusal by the legislator, developed the concept of 'culpa in contrahendo' as 'fault during the negotiations of a contract' (Verschulden bei Vertragsverhandlungen).
dc.identifier.apacitationIck, H. (1998). <i>The German "culpa in contrahendo"</i>. (). ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Private Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35337en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationIck, Harald. <i>"The German "culpa in contrahendo"."</i> ., ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Private Law, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35337en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationIck, H. 1998. The German "culpa in contrahendo". . ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Private Law. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35337en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Ick, Harald AB - In German law the contractual liability of the debtor requires an obligation, this is expressed within the German civil code which formulates 'an obligatory relationship'. For this reason, any fault (Verschulden) committed before or during the conclusion of a contract, can only be an unlawful act, in the circumstances of the law of delict. However certain problems in the law of delict arise, such as the enumeration principle, exculpatory proof, burden of proof and prescription times. These problems caused unsatisfactory results in special constellations since the German Civil Code (BGB) was enacted in 1900. Therefore, the courts and the legal writers i.n addition to the written code, and without consent or refusal by the legislator, developed the concept of 'culpa in contrahendo' as 'fault during the negotiations of a contract' (Verschulden bei Vertragsverhandlungen). DA - 1998_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Contract Law LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 1998 T1 - The German "culpa in contrahendo" TI - The German "culpa in contrahendo" UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35337 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/35337
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationIck H. The German "culpa in contrahendo". []. ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Private Law, 1998 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35337en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Private Law
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.subjectContract Law
dc.titleThe German "culpa in contrahendo"
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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