Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Suche nach möglichen Rechtfertigungen für zwingende Bestimmungen im Privatrecht. Da das Privatrecht stark vom Prinzip der Privatautonomie geprägt ist, werfen zwingende Bestimmungen die grundsätzliche Frage auf, ob diese wirklich notwendig...

Minimum term contracts ("MTC") are widely used in the communications sector. They are frequently associated with equipment subsidies. But they are also offered to customers in exchange for a discount. MTCs usually come with an early termination fee ("ETF"), a penalty the customer has to pay for...

Customs and usages in England : achieving interpretive accuracy by giving effect to unexpressed intent / Geoff R. Hall -- Usages and implied terms under French and Belgian positive law : a subjective approach tending toward objectivity / Lydie Van Muylem -- White space, implied terms, and the...

The challenges of digitisation for consumers / Gerd Billen -- Digital revolution : challenges for contract law / Reiner Schulze, Dirk Staudenmayer -- Conformity of 3D prints : can current sales law cope? / Christian Twigg-Flesner -- 3D printing : the limits of contract and challenges for tort /...

Well-functioning markets and contract law -- The moral consequences of well-functioning markets -- Contract law, efficiency, and morality -- Consideration -- Remedies -- Boilerplate -- Pernicious markets and the limits of contract law

This thesis focuses on two distinct fields: the health care and the telecommunications sector. One the one hand, it deals with rebate contracts in the health care sector. The aim of this thesis is to analyze different forms and aspects of rebate contracts. We answer the question, are rebate...

Nach dem Grundsatz «pacta sunt servanda» ermöglichen Verträge den Beteiligten das Vertrauen in den Bestand eines Leistungsversprechens. Die Zivilgerichte können jedoch in der Praxis pflichtgemäßes und vertragswidriges Verhalten nicht fehlerfrei unterscheiden. Unter Zuhilfenahme des...