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Journal of law and social sciences of the Law Faculty of University J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek = Zeitschrift für Rechts-und Sozialwissenschaften der Fakultät für Rehtswissenschaften der Universität J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek = Journal des sciences juridiq, Vol. 34 No. 2, 2018.

Review article

https://doi.org/10.25234/pv/5686

MODIFICATION OR DISSOLUTION OF CONTRACTS DUE TO CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES

Dubravka Klasiček orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6230-5203 ; Assistant Professor, Chair of Civil Law, Faculty of Law, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Stjepana Radica 13, 31000 Osijek, Republic of Croatia
Marija Ivatin orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-7510-7038

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Abstract

This paper deals with the influence of hardship (frustration) clause (clausula rebus sic stantibus) on the contract and the possibility of the party affected by changed circumstances to request a judge to modify or terminate the contract. The paper presents a brief historical overview of the institute of clausula rebus sic stantibus in Croatian and some European legal systems. The conditions under which the affected party can make a claim to the court are listed and analyzed in the context of possible solutions de lege ferenda. Special attention is given to the scope of this clause, with the emphasis on unilateral contracts. Since case law always had a big impact on this institute, the paper brings numerous court decisions pertaining to modification or termination of contracts due to changed circumstances.

Keywords

hardship (frustration) clause (clausula rebus sic stantibus); changed circumstances; contract modification and termination; unilateral contract; aleatory contract

Hrčak ID:

204212

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/204212

Publication date:

30.8.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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