L’entreprise naît en Droit d'un alliage complexe de notions juridiques (le contrat de travail, la personnalité morale, la représentation collective des travailleurs, etc...). L'ordonnancement systématique de celles-ci s'impose pour percevoir la cohérence de l'organisation juridique de celle-là. Des lignes de force se dégagent. Le contrat de travail oppose deux parties aux intérêts antagonistes. Mais la libération de la force de travail du salarié, partie de sa personne, et la pérennisation du lien contractuel les obligent à coopérer. Ce mouvement est renforcé par certains mécanismes étrangers à la nature du contrat de travail. Sont organisés le partage du contrôle de l’entreprise (lequel suppose d’assurer la représentation collective des travailleurs) et celui de ses utilités. Les salariés deviennent alors des quasi-associés. L'organisation juridique de l'entreprise n'est toutefois pas figée par le dogme. Des idéologies concurrentes en façonnent les contours. Certaines s'attachent aux fins. L'entreprise est alternativement mise au service de l'emploi et de l'activité d'entreprendre. D'autres s'intéressent aux moyens. Juristes et économistes prétendent à l'organisation scientifique de l'entreprise. / In Law, the firm is the result of a complex amalgam of legal concepts (employment contract, legal personality, collective representation of workers, etc.). The systematic ordering of these ones is needed to perceive the coherence of the legal organization of that one. Guidelines emerge. Employment contract is the meeting of two parties whose interests are antagonists. But the release of the labor force of the employee, part of his person , and the sustainability of the contract require them to cooperate. This trend is reinforced by some mechanisms non implied by the nature of the employment contract. Are shared the control of the company (which involves the collective representation of workers) and of its benefits. Employees then become nearly considered as the stockholders are. The legal structure of the firm , however, is not fixed by dogma. Competing ideologies are shaping it. Some focus on purposes. The company is alternately used as a means for employment and for the will of the enterpreneur. Others focus on methods. Lawyers and economists try to organize the firm scientifically.

L'investissement est une notion récente dans la sphère juridique. Voici quelques années, elle n'était encore employée que dans la règlementation relative au contrôle des investissements étrangers. C'est que, si le droit n'ignorait pas l'investissement, il le saisissait presque uniquement à travers d'autres notions, tels l'apport en société ou le mouvement de capital. Depuis lors, le mot a été très largement juridicisé. Pour s'en tenir à deux exemples, on peut ainsi relever que, dans notre ordre interne, l'existence d'un investissement permet une durée contractuelle longue et que, dans l'ordre international, la qualification d'investissement est aujourd'hui une condition de la compétence des tribunaux arbitraux statuant sous l'égide du Cirdi.Cet accès spontané de l'investissement à la juridicité s'est malheureusement accompagné de certaines incohérences. Ainsi, le mot est parfois employé de manière excessivement large, comme en droit des marchés financiers, où il désigne toute opération relative à un instrument financier. De même, en droit des régimes matrimoniaux, ce que la Cour de cassation nomme les « dépenses d'investissement » recouvre en réalité l'ensemble des dépenses immobilières. Parfois, à l'inverse, certaines opérations dont la qualification d'investissement ne fait aucun doute continuent d'être envisagées à travers des notions qui en sont le simple reflet. L'objet de la thèse est donc de rétablir une certaine cohérence dans l'emploi du mot investissement en proposant une définition juridique de la notion et en esquissant certains éléments du régime qui s'y attache. / Investment is a relatively new legal concept. Some years ago, the term was only used within the foreign investment regulations. Back then, investment was mostly happrehended through other legal concepts, such as capital contribution or capital movement. Since then, however, the concept of investment has largely entered the legal vocabulary. For instance, it turns out that, in the French legal order, the existence of an investment makes the conclusion of a long duration contract possible. Besides, it may also be noted that, in the international order, the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal established under the aegis of the ICSID is limited to the disputes that arise out of an investment.Such a phenomenon has unfortunately brought on various inconsistencies. Thus, the term appears to be used in ways that sometimes make its meaning overly wide, as in securities law, in which investment refers to all kinds of operations related to financial instruments. Similarly, in matrimonial property regimes, what the French Cour de cassation calls "investment spending" includes all real estate spending. Sometimes, on the contrary, investment is still being apprehended through other concepts that are the simple reflection of that very concept. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to establish some consistency in the use of the term investment by proposing a legal definition of the concept and outlining some elements of its regime.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:25:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DIR - Celia Mara Peres.pdf: 1140796 bytes, checksum: 0c8c837835b9355bb0f860054bd1e5fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-10-24 / The present dissertation turns on punitive damages, the nature that they assume in the Brazilian legal system and the problematic around the quantum that must be awarded to the victim. This work intends to demonstrate the importance assumed by the study of the punitive damages in the national and world-wide scene, once the practice of this illegal conduct confronts the constitutional principle that guarantees the respect of the dignity of the human being, by violating the rights of the personality. Still, it tries to detach the difficulties to find an ideal way to award the victim the fairest relief, which is generally pecuniary, without compromising the legal relationship balance. In order to make some considerations about the subject proposed, it was necessary to make a previous study about the civil liability, by dealing with its evolution and principles and focusing on the different aspects around the punitive damages, such as the concept, indemnity, doctrines, trajectory of the former court decisions and the recognition of the man as the centre of the legal system, relegating the patrimony to a second plan. The compilation method was used during the development of this study, also the research of jurisprudence and comparative legislation. Laws and projects of law which are in transaction process had been mentioned as well. From this study, we can infer that instead of applying tax rates, the legal arbitration continues to be the best way to award the damage, since the magistrates observe the real necessity of basing their decisions and discriminating, in a individualized way, each of the judgments already consecrated by the doctrine and the jurisprudence, and mainly, the reasons that took them into that conclusion / A presente dissertação de mestrado versa sobre o dano moral, voltada à natureza que assume no sistema jurídico brasileiro e à problemática em torno dos critérios utilizados para a fixação do quantum indenizatório. Objetiva demonstrar a sua importância no cenário nacional e mundial, por se caracterizar prática que afronta o princípio constitucional do respeito à dignidade da pessoa humana, além de violar os direitos da personalidade. Procurar-se-á destacar, ainda, a preocupação e dificuldades existentes, na busca da maneira ideal para a fixação da indenização, de forma a entregar ao ofendido a mais justa reparação, geralmente pecuniária, sem, contudo, comprometer o equilíbrio das relações jurídicas. Para que fosse possível tecer as considerações e conclusões sobre o tema proposto fez-se necessário um estudo prévio da responsabilidade civil, abordando seus fundamentos e evolução, com enfoque em diversos aspectos que envolvem o dano moral, tais como seu conceito, indenizabilidade, trajetória doutrinária, legislativa e jurisprudencial, e o reconhecimento do homem como centro do ordenamento jurídico, relegando-se ao patrimônio um segundo plano. No desenvolvimento do trabalho foi utilizado o método de compilação, aliado à pesquisa de jurisprudência e legislação comparada. Foram abordadas as leis que tratam do assunto e projetos de lei que se encontram em tramitação. Concluiu-se que ao contrário da tarifação, o arbitramento judicial continua a ser o melhor meio para a aferição e fixação do valor indenizatório, desde que os magistrados observem a real necessidade de fundamentação dos julgados, apontando, de forma individualizada, cada um dos critérios já consagrados pela jurisprudência e doutrina com o seu respectivo valor e, principalmente os motivos que o levaram àquela conclusão no caso concreto

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:25:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Shirley M M F Oliveira.pdf: 1043551 bytes, checksum: 336fbc6a82875debf7c286437235844f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-05-07 / This dissertation addresses the effects of globalization on the civil liability of directors & officers of joint-stock companies. Starting with the evolution of capitalization until the consolidation of a new world economic order, this work elaborates on one of the most relevant effects of the latest developments in international trade: the competition among domestic and international companies. Within this context, the pursuit of new markets by global companies and their concern with investment costs have stood out. Going public as a means of surviving fierce competition is analyzed, followed by an overview of the capital market and its recent growth. To that end, the evolution of the capital market and of companies is given due consideration. It is thus shown that investors and stakeholders have become increasingly knowledgeable and demanding in terms of greater business security and transparency. This growing awareness has evolved into the so-called corporate governance, which instituted duties, obligations and above all the liability of directors & officers. As this dissertation develops, it will also focus on the duties of directors & officers and on the evolution of civil liability, always demonstrating that legal changes have come in the sway of the globalization of economies / Discutem-se neste trabalho os reflexos da globalização na responsabilidade civil dos administradores das sociedades anônimas. O enfoque parte da evolução do capitalismo até a criação da nova ordem econômica mundial. Passa-se então a analisar um dos mais importantes efeitos do desenvolvimento do Comércio Internacional: a competição entre as empresas nacionais e internacionais. Com isso, destaca-se a procura de novos mercados pelas empresas e a preocupação com o custo de seus investimentos. Pondera-se a respeito da abertura do capital social como forma de ganhar força na competição acirrada, e, portanto, do crescimento do mercado de capitais. Diante disso, estuda-se a evolução do mercado de capitais e das sociedades. Buscamos demonstrar que os investidores e os terceiros com o tempo foram se tornando mais conscientes e exigindo garantias, como segurança e transparência na condução dos negócios. Surge então um movimento conhecido como governança corporativa, que institui deveres, obrigações e acima de tudo responsabilidades aos administradores. Por fim, trataremos dos deveres dos administradores e da evolução da responsabilidade civil, procurando sempre demonstrar que as alterações da legislação foram reflexos da internacionalização das economias

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:28:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alberto Shinji Higa.pdf: 1929986 bytes, checksum: d60c69553c4fe1c694dc34e321f05853 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-04-24 / This present work has the purpose of proposing reflections for the outlining of the public foment in the social domain and of the respective civil liability of the State and of the parastate entities in this sphere, in light of the Constitution of the Republic of 1988. The choice of the theme could be justified by the following reasons: (i) the contemplation of the fertile field by the Magna Carta for the development of said administrative function; (ii) the issuing in the infraconstitutional sphere of sparse laws that, as a pretext of the promotion of this need, extrapolate the landmarks conceived in the Greater Law; (iii) the ommission of these legal diplomas related to the civil liability of the State and of the beneficiary entities, whether arising from the juridical relationship between this, fomenting agent, and those, fomented agents, whether arising from the bond between the latter and the third party; (iv) the lacuna in the field of juridical science, as that occurring in the legislative sphere, seeing the attention given by the scientists of the constitutional law to said theme is still shy. To reach the established objectives, the constitutional contours of the administrative activity of foment in the social domain were initially traced. It was sought to identify its juridical regime and its area of incidence. In possession of all these elements, it was then passed on to the study of the civil liability of the State and of the fomented entity. At the end of the research, it was noticed that the State answers for the damages caused to the fomented agents due to its comissive or omissive acts, in the exercise of the promotional administrative function, in objective or subjective form, respectively. Likewise, it is concluded that the State, as a rule, does not answer for the damages caused by the fomented agents to third parties, in the exercise of the activities which are the object of the foment, except in cases of autonomous social services, of the social organizations that substitute the Public Authority in the performance of public service under its charge or are benefitted with the granting of goods and public servants, and in the cases of state omission in inspecting the activities developed by the fomented agents, as long as observed, in this case, the theory of the direct and immediate damage (art. 403 of the CC) and with presence of the premises related to the subjective civil liability, by the theory of the guilt of the service. Finally, in relation to the fomented agents, it is concluded that, as a rule, the subjective civil liability foreseen in art. 927, headline c/c art. 186 of the Civil Code, is applied in the hypothesis of extracontractual liability or in art. 389 of the Civil Code, in case of contractual liability, whether in relation to the State, whether in relation to the third party that makes use of the service rendered by it. The incidence of the objective liability is an exception and is observed only in two distinct hypotheses: (i) in the terms of sole paragraph of art. 927 of the Civil Code, which authorizes the establishment of the objective liability in cases foreseen in law, as in Law No. 8.078/90; and (ii) in cases of social organizations established with the purpose of substituting the State in relation to its duty of rendering public services, in the terms of the Magna Carta, and of deceiving the juridical administrative regime that, strictly, such activities are submitted to, opposing the limits of complementary actuation of the private in the social domain / O presente trabalho tem por objetivos propor reflexões para o delineamento do fomento público no domínio social e da respectiva responsabilidade civil do Estado e das entidades paraestatais nesse âmbito, à luz da Constituição da República de 1988. A escolha do tema pode ser justificada pelas seguintes razões: (i) a contemplação de campo fértil pela Carta Magna para o desenvolvimento da referida função administrativa; (ii) a edição no plano infraconstitucional de leis esparsas que, a pretexto da promoção desse mister, extrapolam os marcos gizados na Lei Maior; (iii) a omissão desses diplomas legais quanto à responsabilidade civil do Estado e das entidades beneficiárias, seja aquela decorrente da relação jurídica entre este, agente fomentador e aquelas, agentes fomentados, seja a oriunda do vínculo entre estes últimos e o terceiro; (iv) a lacuna no campo da ciência jurídica, tal como ocorre no plano legislativo, posto que ainda é tímida a atenção dada pelos cientistas do direito pátrio ao referido tema. Para se alcançar os objetivos fixados, inicialmente, foram traçados os contornos constitucionais da atividade administrativa de fomento no domínio social. Procurou-se identificar o seu regime jurídico e sua área de incidência. De posse de todos esses elementos, passou-se, então, ao estudo da responsabilidade civil do Estado e da entidade fomentada. Ao término das pesquisas, constatou-se que o Estado responde pelos danos causados aos agentes fomentados por seus atos comissivos ou omissivos, no exercício da função administrativa promocional, respectivamente, de forma objetiva ou subjetiva. Outrossim, conclui-se que o Estado, via de regra, não responde pelos danos causados pelos agentes fomentados a terceiros, no exercício das atividades objeto de fomento, salvo nos casos dos serviços sociais autônomos, das organizações sociais que substituam o Poder Público no desempenho de serviço público a seu encargo ou sejam beneficiadas com a cessão de bens e servidores públicos e nos casos de omissão estatal em fiscalizar as atividades desenvolvidas pelos agentes fomentados, desde que observada, nessa hipótese, a teoria do dano direto e imediato (art. 403 do CC) e presentes os pressupostos relativos à responsabilidade civil subjetiva, pela teoria da culpa do serviço. Por fim, quanto aos agentes fomentados, concluise que, via de regra, aplica-se a responsabilidade civil subjetiva prevista no art. 927, caput c/c art. 186 do Código Civil, na hipótese de responsabilidade extracontratual ou no art. 389 do Código Civil, no caso de responsabilidade contratual, seja em relação ao Estado, seja em relação ao terceiro que se utiliza do serviço por ela prestado. A incidência da responsabilidade objetiva constitui-se exceção e somente se verifica em duas distintas hipóteses: (i) nos termos do parágrafo único do art. 927 do Código Civil, que autoriza a fixação da responsabilidade objetiva em casos previstos em lei, a exemplo da Lei nº 8.078/90; e (ii) nos casos de organizações sociais constituídas com a finalidade de substituir o Estado no que toca ao seu dever de prestar serviços públicos, nos termos da Carta Magna, e de burlar o regime jurídico administrativo que, a rigor, se submetem tais atividades, contrariando os limites da atuação complementar do particular no domínio social

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:46:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MARCOS JOSE DE OLIVEIRA.pdf: 802056 bytes, checksum: 8a27e473ff22ed92d3e90f49b5ccc5ba (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-15 / This work is linked to the Graduate Program in Law, International Relations and Development, the Catholic University of Goiás - PUC / GO, and examines the applicability and admissibility of liability under Brazilian law. It starts with the hypothesis that the liability, permeating social and legal relations have the power to give legal support for the accountability of the agent that causes harm to others who are both situated in the run up to the contract. The interpretation of the law, the doctrinal approach now is part of the challenge that this research has provided us with. There is no legal provision in the civil order that expressly deals with defining, sanctioning and regulating the conduct of those who manage harm to others, even when not required to hire. The admissibility of pre-contractual liability was discussed from the viewpoint of general rules that guide and systematize liability under Brazilian law, precisely because of the absence of explicit rule. As for its applicability that was seen through the prism of the general theory of liability, focusing on their assumptions of admissibility. It was developed following an investigation of the general theory of contracts, with his new principles, as well as the theory of liability, its assumptions and exclusive liability, and finally, the proper analysis of the research object which is linked to civil liability pre-contract. The interpretation of the Civil Code in addition to the assumptions led to a general analysis of abuse of rights, with the vision of the limits imposed by the standard through the prism economic, social, good faith and the morals. Good faith has received particular attention for his role in the foundation of this research, with analysis of their functions, and species characteristics. The present work is focused toward the pre-contractual civil liability, but dedicate two items at the end, to analyze the pre-contractual liability in consumer relations and labor relations. The methodology used to demonstrate the hypothesis of the study was performed using the deductive method of research literature, using the existing theories and doctrines. In the literature we attempted to support the legal dogmatics, always supported by the Brazilian Civil Code, the Code of Consumer Protection, the CLT and the Constitution. / Este trabalho vincula-se ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito, Relações Internacionais e Desenvolvimento, da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás PUC/GO, e analisa a aplicabilidade e admissibilidade da responsabilidade civil no direito brasileiro. Parte-se da hipótese de que a responsabilidade civil, permeando as relações sociais e jurídicas teria o condão de dar o suporte legal para a responsabilização do agente que cause danos a outrem, estando ambos situados na fase que antecede a celebração do contrato. A interpretação da legislação, com o enfoque doutrinário atual é parte do desafio que a presente pesquisa nos facultou. Não há dispositivo legal no ordenamento civil que, de forma expressa trate de definir, sancionar e normatizar a conduta de quem gere danos a outrem, mesmo quando não está obrigado a contratar. A admissibilidade da responsabilidade civil pré-contratual foi analisada sob a ótica das regras gerais que orientam e sistematizam a responsabilidade civil no direito brasileiro, justamente pela ausência de regra expressa. Quanto à sua aplicabilidade esta foi vista pelo prisma da teoria geral da responsabilidade civil, com enfoque nos seus pressupostos de admissibilidade. Foi desenvolvida uma averiguação da teoria geral dos contratos, com sua nova principiologia, bem como da teoria da responsabilidade civil, seus pressupostos e excludentes de responsabilidade civil, e por fim, a devida análise do objeto da pesquisa que se vincula à responsabilidade civil pré-contratual. A interpretação do Código Civil nos levou a somar aos pressupostos gerais a análise do abuso do direito, com a visão dos limites impostos pela norma sob o prisma econômico, social, pela boa-fé e pelos bons costumes. A boa-fé recebeu uma atenção especial por seu papel relevante na fundamentação da presente pesquisa, com a análise de suas funções, espécies e características. O presente trabalho tem seu foco voltado para a responsabilidade pré-contratual civil, mas dedicamos dois itens, ao final, para analisar a responsabilidade pré-contratual nas relações de consumo e nas relações de trabalho. A metodologia utilizada para demonstrar as hipóteses do trabalho foi realizada através do método de pesquisa dedutivobibliográfico, utilizando as doutrinas e teorias já existentes. Além da pesquisa bibliográfica buscou-se apoio na dogmática jurídica, com sustentação no Código Civil Brasileiro, no Código de Defesa do Consumidor, na CLT e na Constituição Federal.

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L’oggetto del presente lavoro è rappresentato dall'esame del rapporto tra l'attuale regolamentazione delle agenzie di rating e le regole di responsabilità civile cui le stesse agenzie possono essere assoggettate, anche alla luce del trattamento normativo riservato alle agenzie di rating dalla legislazione e dalla giurisprudenza statunitensi e delle teorie sviluppate dalla dottrina sul tema della responsabilità da informazione inesatta al mercato. L’attuale regolamentazione introdotta dall'Unione Europea svolge un ruolo determinante sia sotto il profilo dell'individuazione del fondamento della responsabilità, sia sotto quello della ricostruzione degli obblighi, della diligenza e della causalità materiale e giuridica. La disciplina comunitaria, anche alla luce della giurisprudenza statunitense, consente di prospettare uno scenario in cui i rater sono soggetti a regole di responsabilità differenziate in ragione del diverso status riconosciuto dalla normativa rilevante. La nuova regolamentazione comunitaria è chiamata a svolgere il duplice ruolo di fondare una sorta di private action da inadempimento in capo a qualunque investitore nei confronti di un’agenzia registrata e di contribuire a definire il perimetro degli obblighi esigibili da parte dell’agenzia, rafforzando la posizione del terzo investitore danneggiato dal rating inesatto e fornendo un efficace supporto agli strumenti di tutela di tipo pubblicistico. / The present work is focused on the examination of the relationship between the current regulation of credit rating agencies and the rules of civil liability to which agencies may be subject to, in light of the regulatory treatment of the U.S. credit rating agencies, both according legislation and case law, and the legal theories developed on the case of liability for incorrect information to the market. The regulation introduced by the European Union plays a major role to find out the basis of liability, the duties of diligence and the legal and material causality nexus. EU regulation, in light of U.S. case law, can envisage a scenario in which the raters are subject to different rules of liability on the basis of the different status recognized by the relevant legislation. The new EU regulation is called to play a dual role: to establish, although not explicitly, a sort of private action for negligence on the part of investors against a registered agency, and to help in defining the scope of the obligations of the credit rating agency, strengthening the position of the third investor damaged by inaccurate ratings and providing an useful support to the public enforcement remedies.

Depuis maintenant quelques décennies, les conseillers en génétique jouent un rôle de plus en plus important dans le domaine de la génétique médicale. Leur apport ainsi que l’importance de leur rôle sont aujourd’hui incontestables. Leur statut juridique, cependant, demeure incertain et requiert une analyse approfondie. En effet, n’étant pas reconnue par le Code des professions du Québec, la pratique du conseil génétique se trouve conséquemment privée de la protection octroyée par ce Code aux autres professionnels, notamment celle ayant trait au titre et à l’exclusivité des actes. Devant ce statu quo et dans l’optique de la protection du public, l’étude de la responsabilité civile du conseiller en génétique s’avère nécessaire. Trois obligations principales ressortent de cette analyse, soit les obligations de compétence, de renseignement et de confidentialité. En ce qui a trait aux conséquences juridiques de la non-reconnaissance, elles ne sont pas négligeables. En vérité, l’inertie du législateur québécois floue la relation qu’a le conseiller en génétique avec les autres membres de son équipe multidisciplinaire, et ce, surtout en ce qui a trait à la délimitation des actes qu’il peut prodiguer. En effet, ce dernier risque d’empiéter sur certains aspects de la pratique médicale et infirmière, engendrant ainsi sa responsabilité pénale. Finalement, il s’est avéré important de chercher des pistes de solutions étrangères pouvant se transposer au Québec. Le cas de la France se trouve à être un exemple pertinent, puisque le législateur français a reconnu législativement le conseiller en génétique en tant que professionnel et a protégé tant le titre que l’exclusivité des actes de ce dernier. / In recent decades, genetic counselors have played an increasingly important role in the field of medical genetics. Today, their contribution and the importance of their role are indisputable. Their legal status, however, remains uncertain and requires further analysis. Indeed, not being recognized by the Professional Code of Quebec, the practice of genetic counselors is consequently deprived of the protection granted by this Code to other professionals, notably the exclusivity of their titles and acts. Given this status quo and with the aim of protecting the public, a study of the civil liability of genetic counselors becomes necessary. Three main duties of genetic counselors emerge from this analysis: the duty to proficiency, the duty to inform, and the duty of confidentiality. Moreover, there are several legal consequences for non-recognition of this emerging profession. Indeed, the inaction of the Quebec legislator has resulted in a confusing relationship between the genetic counselor and the other members of the multidisciplinary team, especially with regard to the delimitation of services which the counselor can provide. Indeed, the latter may infringe on certain aspects of the medical practice and nursing, thereby engendering his penal liability. This situation leads us to foreign jurisdictions in an effort to find possible solutions which can be transposed in Quebec. The situation in France comes as a relevant example, since the French legislature has legally recognized the genetic counselor as a professional and has protected his title as well as the exclusivity of his practice.

In the paper Legal Liability from the Point of View of Normativist and Democratic Law Concepts concept of liability is briefly described. Social liability and its kinds are analysed. Legal liability is distinguished like a separate kind from the social liability, featuring a unique obligatory legal definition sign. Its application is assured by the state. Kinds of legal liability analysed: positive and tortious (negative) legal liability. Basis for occurrence of legal liability are described. Dependence of the legal liability upon the legal system of a state is described in the paper. In the non-democratic states, where the laws become a tool for the rulers to give law to the masses, other kinds of social liability, e.g. moral liability, contradict with the legal liability. All kinds of the social liability, except the legal liability, feature no forced measures applicable upon the violator. It is stressed that the non-democratic legal systems fail to accept the positive legal liability. Unsuccessful efforts of the Soviet law theoreticians to introduce the concept of positive legal liability into the law science are mentioned. Tortious legal liability is a sequel and guarantee of the positive liability. Therefore it is the secondary and the positive liability is the primary (main) form of the legal liability. It becomes especially vivid in the democratic society, when its right ceases being repressive and implementation of the positive law is first of all assured by the... [to full text]