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Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Erlangen.

Exclusionary clauses in South Africa have thus far been interpreted narrowly by the South African Courts. It has been accepted that where a patient enters into a medical contract/agreement with a hospital that includes a clause excluding the hospital and its employees from any form of liability whether negligently or not, the patient has no form of recourse against the hospital for any damages caused except that caused by gross negligence; the hospital will be absolved of any form of liability. The term caveat subscriptor applies – “let the signer be aware” that he/she is bound by the agreement signed by him/her whether or not it was read and understood. The leading case in South Africa dealing with exclusionary clauses in medical contracts is Afrox Healthcare Limited v Strydom. Since that decision the Consumer Protection Act has came into existence. My research question involves determining the impact an exclusionary clause would have, when analysed in terms of the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act with particular reference to its applicability and enforcement in medical/hospital contracts. The Afrox case has in itself been a controversial decision, with many legal writers of the opinion that the principles laid down by the case need to be overturned as the judgement is not in line with public policy. It is argued that with the Consumer Protection Act in place, it can be assumed that exclusionary clauses in medical/hospital will no longer be valid. The Act is a step in the right direction towards patient/consumer protection and awareness. / Thesis (LL.M.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2013.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Hamburg, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-351).

Zugl.: Augsburg, Universiẗat, Habil.-Schr., 2006/2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-353) and index.

Originally presented as the author's dissertation--Universität Hannover, Wintersemester 2004/2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [376]-409) and index.

O presente trabalho visa realizar uma breve análise a respeito da formulação dos modelos de classificação de risco do ponto de vista quantitativo e suas possíveis relações com a elaboração de clausulas contratuais restritivas usualmente apostadas em instrumentos de dívida públicos ou privados. / Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (MBA) - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2009. / Bibliografia: p. 25 / Inclui notas de rodapé.

This dissertation will examine the current state of our common law in relation to its treatment of exemption clauses in contracts, and will focus on recent developments which may augur greater scope and a new approach to be taken in future for South African courts to ensure fairness and the promotion of substantive justice for contracting parties faced with such provisions. Whilst it is acknowledged that exemption clauses are considered to be an integral part of most contracts and are used to facilitate the efficient running of businesses, their continued use in standard form contracts have been viewed with judicial suspicion and scrutiny as the inherent nature of these clauses have the potential to operate unfairly against a contracting party by excluding their rights of recourse which they would have otherwise had at common law. Public policy has always been a benchmark against which potentially unfair contracts terms have been measured however, the advent of the Constitution has brought about a new meaning to be prescribed to public policy as the Constitutional Court has declared that it is now deeply rooted and informed by constitutional values of dignity, equality, freedom and more recently ubuntu which is to infuse the common law principles of contract. Despite these developments, the new meaning of public policy and the apparent elevation of the spirit of ubuntu as an overarching and founding constitutional value has not been fully utilised by courts in a manner which can effectively address these potentially unfair, one-sided and abusive exemption clauses by declaring them to be contrary to public policy. Notwithstanding legislative acknowledgement and the subsequent enactment of the Consumer Protection Act 2008 which has brought about greater regulation of unfair and unconscionable contract terms, it is argued that the testing of potentially unfair and abusive exemption clauses against the dictates of public policy and ubuntu in a constitutional context may provide the South African courts with a new approach to pursue greater substantive justice in respect of these notoriously problematic clauses. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2012.

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Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-06-04T12:33:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Felipe Faiwichow Estefam.pdf: 2310697 bytes, checksum: 3f61fa6a85f2fe50b39853c4fe70aea5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-04T12:33:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Felipe Faiwichow Estefam.pdf: 2310697 bytes, checksum: 3f61fa6a85f2fe50b39853c4fe70aea5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This thesis deals with arbitration, as a method of dispute resolution between the Public Administration and private parties. The research question is: what are the mandatory provisions of the arbitration clause agreed between the Administration and a private party, in view of the legal-administrative regime? The text is divided into four chapters. The first chapter examines the use of arbitration by the Administration in the context of state reform, whereby the application of private methods of dispute resolution became meaningful in the public sphere. This chapter also copes with investigating the evolution of arbitration in the Brazilian legal system and jurisprudence. In addition, the chapter studies the conformation of arbitration in the Administrative Law scenario. The second chapter ventures into the study of the peculiarities of arbitration involving the Administration, bringing the main legal provisions that condition the use of the arbitration. The third chapter, in its turn, addresses objective arbitrability, dealing with some contributions of foreign law; about the criteria for the definition of ‘rights that may be disposed’; regarding arbitrability in the context of government contracts and on the content of the arbitration clause in light of arbitrability. In this chapter, a specific legal principle, regarding the content of the arbitration clause, is constructed. In the fourth chapter, the investigation analyzes how the arbitration clause must be structured, in view of the peculiar provisions of the legal-administrative regime and of the principle built by this thesis. The fourth chapter also promotes a practical investigation of arbitration clauses used in government contracts already concluded. Finally, the research question is answered in the conclusion / Esta tese versa sobre a arbitragem, como método de resolução de controvérsias entre a Administração Pública e o particular. A questão central de investigação (research question) é: quais são os preceitos obrigatórios da cláusula arbitral firmada pela Administração e o particular, em vista do regime jurídico-administrativo? O texto é dividido em quatro capítulos. No primeiro capítulo, averígua-se que o uso da arbitragem pela Administração insere-se no contexto de reforma do Estado, pelo qual a aplicação de métodos privados de resolução de controvérsias passou a fazer sentido na esfera pública. Este capítulo também se ocupa de investigar a evolução da arbitragem no ordenamento jurídico e na jurisprudência brasileiros. Ainda, o capítulo estuda a conformação da arbitragem no cenário do Direito Administrativo. O segundo capítulo incursiona no estudo das peculiaridades da arbitragem envolvendo a Administração, trazendo as principais disposições jurídicas que condicionam o uso do instituto. O terceiro capítulo, por sua vez, aborda a arbitrabilidade objetiva, tratando sobre alguns contributos do direito estrangeiro; acerca dos critérios para a definição da disponibilidade; a respeito da arbitrabilidade no contexto dos contratos administrativos e sobre o conteúdo da cláusula arbitral em face da arbitrabilidade. Neste capítulo, constrói-se um princípio jurídico específico a respeito do conteúdo da cláusula arbitral. No capítulo quarto, a investigação analisa como a cláusula arbitral deve ser estruturada, em vista dos preceitos peculiares do regime jurídico-administrativo e do princípio construído por esta tese. O capítulo quarto promove, outrossim, uma investigação prática a respeito de cláusulas arbitrais já usadas em contratos administrativo. Finalmente, responde-se à pergunta inicialmente realizada, apresentando-se uma conclusão