title: Trust and reasonable expectations in contracts — values that always matter (from the perspective of Polish private law)
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Rott-Pietrzyk, Ewa
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-06-24T21:06:24Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-06-24T21:06:24Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Rott-Pietrzyk, Ewa. 2020. Trust and reasonable expectations in contracts — values that always matter (from the perspective of Polish private law). Pravovedenie 64 (4): 458–482.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2020.402
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/36976
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Will a situation where the “competitive contract law” is developing alongside the classical contract
  law inevitably lead to a clash of these two contractual worlds? It has been suggested that there is
  a kind of “competition” between modern contract law and the classical one, with the final result
  seen in terms of a zero-sum game. The alternative is to perceive this phenomenon not as a “competitive
  arena” but a “cooperative one” (with a win-win result). By analogy to architecture, it means
  a peaceful refurbishment, where the foundation is preserved and the rest can be rebuilt in such
  a way that the whole construction will be solid and serve for decades. Some institutions of traditional
  contract law, altogether with their traditional functions, create elements that can make the
  whole construction stable and impervious to unforeseen and atypical situations. This article takes
  a close look at the three mechanisms present under the provisions of Poland’s Civil Code, namely
  interpretation (Article 65), supplementation (Article 56) and setting out obligations according to
  due performance (Article 354), which are based on traditional contract criteria, namely trust and
  reasonable expectations. The perspective of Polish law is presented with some references to Chinese
  law and culture, as this helps show that certain traditional criteria are recognised and do
  matter in different legal cultures. These traditional criteria of a contextual nature determine the
  meaning and content of contracts in almost every legal order and in model law. They can be seen
  as the elements that strengthen and stabilise the whole construction of contract law. The author
  raises the question whether nowadays a serious surgical intervention to the extent of contract law
  is necessary, or whether a delicate face-lifting would be sufficient (if at all). This question refers
  mainly to trust as a soft but crucial contractual tool at each contracting stage. The article presents
  the approach whereby trust (in particular), when acting as a unilaterally understood functional instrument,
  can reconcile the world of traditional contract law with the modern one. In other words,
  trust is recognised as a vital element connecting not only different legal cultures, but also traditional
  contract law with the modern one.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 64; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: trust
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: reasonable expectations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: loyalty
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: fairness
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: contract law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: general clauses
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Trust and reasonable expectations in contracts — values that always matter (from the perspective of Polish private law)
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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