Freedom of Contract in the 19th Century: Mythology and the Silence of the Sources : Review Essay – Sibylle Hofer’s Freiheit ohne Grenzen? privatrechtstheoretische Diskussionen im 19. Jahrhundert
- Abegg, Andreas Departement für Privatrecht, Universität Freiburg, Schweiz
- Thatcher, Annemarie Deloitte & Touche GmbH Germany
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2004
Published in:
- German Law Journal. - 2004, vol. 5, p. 101-114
Private Law, Contract Law, Freedom of Contract, Compulsory Law
Privatrecht, Vertragsrecht, Vertragsfreiheit, zwingendes Recht
English
In her legal history postdoctoral Habilitation-study Freiheit ohne Grenzen? (Unlimited Freedom?), Sibylle Hofer comes to the conclusion that despite a large absence of discourse on contractual freedom the perception of unlimited freedom in the 19th Century private law theorie cannot be confirmed, instead this is more of a myth. By exploring the larger context of societal development at the end of the 19th Centrury, this essey aims to show that a discours about freedom of contract does not appear until politics tries in a higher degree to control the reciprocal irritation of legal and economic systems.
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- Faculté de droit
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Law, jurisprudence
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 4805
- DOI 10.1017/S207183220001227X
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/299783
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