English abstract Material change of circumstances and the impossibility of performance within the Czech and English legal system Civil law in the Czech Republic is based on a so-called principle pacta sunt servanda which means that parties are bound by the contract and should perform in accordance with it. It may happen, however, that unexpected supervening event substantially change the circumstances after the formation of a contract to the extent that it become impossible to perform the contract or it makes performance for affected party so burdensome that it will lead the party to the economical destruction. Such a change may lead to situations that to hold the affected party to fulfil its promise would be unjust and contrary to morality. Therefore, Czech Civil Code contains few provisions based on which court may terminate the contract or adjust the contract to restore equilibrium of the performance. Thesis focuses on two of those provisions, namely impossibility of performance and impracticability of performance. Thesis describes relevant legal institutes and doctrines, development of case law, analyze past and current Czech Civil Code and compare it with English case law and international and European soft law. After introductory chapter, chapter two describes relevant principles of civil law and...

Ce travail est une étude de l'écriture mise en oeuvre dans l'Historia gothica achevée en 1243 par l'archevêque de Tolède, Rodrigue Jimenez de Rada. Dans ce texte, Rodrigue se propose de rapporter l'histoire d'Hispania, depuis le temps biblique du déluge jusqu'à son époque. Même si l'Historia gothica est un texte de nature profondément politique dans lequel se conjuguent des discours variés -- la définition des rapports entre royauté et noblesse, la conception du territoire hispanique, mais aussi la défense de la primatie de l'Eglise de Tolède -- on ne peut occulter le fait qu'il est avant tout une construction textuelle. Notre propos est donc de mettre en évidence et d'analyser, avec une approche littéraire, les mécanismes narratifs, stylistiques et discursifs qui régissent son fonctionnement. La première partie de l'étude s'attache aux sources du texte, à la manière dont Rodrigue les cite et les soumet à une réécriture réfléchie. La seconde partie met en évidence les modalités de la fabrique du texte en considérant le paratexte de celui-ci, son architecture narrative et ses composantes essentielles.

La présente thèse se veut une relecture du fumisme en tant que concept et mouvement historique daté (années 1860-1880) et situé (la France), ou moment qui représente une économie de sens qui a bouleversé les habitudes perceptuelles et intellectuelles de la réception depuis la seconde moitié du dix-neuvième siècle. Selon la lecture habituelle du fumisme, les productions des poètes et artistes fumistes, qualifiées de « fumisteries », ne forment qu’un chapitre, ou une catégorie négligeable, de l’histoire littéraire. Cette histoire confond le fumisme en tant que mouvement littéraire éphémère avec les épisodes décadent et symboliste pour le réduire à un concours de mystifications de bourgeois par des bohèmes en marge par rapport à l’institution littéraire organisées par le comédien Sapeck et l’écrivain Alphonse Allais, tous deux nommés ironiquement chefs de « l’École fumiste » vers 1880. Or, en offusquant la conception positiviste du langage qu’elle lui applique afin de le réduire à une simple provocation sans but, et en assimilant Rimbaud aux « fumisteries » des « décadents », la critique littéraire nous donne l’outil principal de démystification du fumisme en tant que pratique ou mode de production d’une économie de sens. C’est cette économie qui constitue notre principal point d’intérêt. Contemporain des épisodes décadent et symboliste, le moment fumiste oblige la réception à reconfigurer la façon de produire du sens. Les productions fumistes (essentiellement des poèmes et des caricatures, comme dans l’Album zutique, notre corpus principal) sont fondées sur une économie du rébus. Exemplifiée par le sonnet de Rimbaud intitulé « Voyelles », cette économie, qui crée des « documents », des textes inséparables de leur matière, introduit l’économie artistique du vingtième siècle – en particulier, au mode de perception cinématographique tel que fabriqué par le fumiste Émile Cohl. / This thesis focuses on a particular period in literary history that goes under the name of fumism. This “fumist” moment, which occurred during the years 1860-1880 in Paris, introduces a new economy of meaning that, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, leads to a transformation in reader’s changing perceptual and intellectual habits. In the perspective of institutionalized literary history, critics conceive fumist productions as “fumisteries” (which might be rendered as “nonsense”) and lump this ephemeral movement or literary school (“l’École fumiste”) together with decadent and symbolist literary movements, reducing it to so-called mystification contests organized by the comedian named Sapeck and the writer Alphonse Allais, both designated as leaders of “l’École fumiste” around 1880. Yet, rather than viewing fumist productions as aimless provocations and assimilating Rimbaud’s work as an example of this “fumisterie” and decadence, this thesis examines the underlying presuppositions of language that are operative in the novel understanding of literature it entails. In this perspective, “fumism,” as a theory of discourse and literary practice, signals the emergence of a new vision of language and literary production. Against this background, this thesis presents a detailed historical reading of fumism in the context of literary debates in late nineteenth-century France. At the same time, this study shows how the reception of fumist works leads to a transformed economy of meaning and, above all, to a reconfiguration of literary understanding. As this study details, fumist productions (essentially poems and caricatures that can be viewed in the Album zutique, the main corpus) are based on rebuses. Remarkably exemplified by Rimbaud’s controversial sonnet “Voyelles”, this new meaning economy creates what are termed “documents”, which place the materiality of the text on a par with its potential meanings. In interpreting this transformation, the thesis concludes by demonstrating how this new understanding of meaning lays the groundwork for the artistic economy of the twentieth century – in particular, with regard to the dynamic mode of perception introduced by the father of the animated film, the fumist Emile Cohl.

O trabalho tem por objetivo à análise jurídica do plano de recuperação e suas consequências práticas, questionando até que ponto o objetivo de um acordo imposto será alcançado, tendo em vista os diferentes interesses em jogo. A primeira parte é dedicada ao exame das disciplinas da recuperação, traçando um histórico evolutivo deste instrumento a partir da concordata. Neste ponto, são apresentadas as teorias quanto a sua natureza jurídica. A segunda parte, por sua vez, aponta breves considerações de como o direito alienígena disciplina a recuperação. Na terceira parte, o trabalho analisa a recuperação como jogo estratégico, pois existem riscos inerentes a sua execução. Isso porque, do ponto de vista econômico, o plano de recuperação, por ser contrato incompleto, impõe riscos, por portar variáveis não previstas, como por exemplo, a mudança de política econômica ou a crise financeira mundial. Assim sendo, o trabalho analisa as possibilidades de renegociação dos termos do plano, bem como as soluções que podem ser usadas quando da incompletude. Neste sentido, analisa os mecanismos da arbitragem, da governança coorporativa e da cláusula hardship, além dos princípios da boa-fé objetiva, função social do contrato, função social da empresa e teoria da imprevisão. Como a recuperação judicial e extrajudicial representam meios de reestruturação que beneficiam a coletividade de interessados: estando de um lado o devedor que pretende obter prazos para o cumprimento de suas obrigações; de outro lado os credores que visualizam uma forma de obter seus créditos, ainda existem outros (credores) que poderão discordar da proposta. Para sanar esta possibilidade (do credor buscar a solução individual de seus interesses em contraposição àqueles coletivos dos credores) a Lei 11.101/05 criou a modalidade impositiva, na qual se impõe aos dissidentes o acordo dos que aderiram voluntariamente. Por este motivo, há divergências quanto a natureza jurídica do plano de recuperação. Neste sentido, a quarta parte do trabalho traz considerações quanto a natureza jurídica dos planos de recuperação judicial e extrajudicial. / The aim of this work is assess the legal analysis of a judicial recovery plan and its practical consequences, questioning to what extent the objective of an agreement will be reached if come into force, given the different interests at stake. The first part deals with the consideration of the disciplines of recovery, tracing the evolutionary history of this instrument from a point of concordata. At this point, theories as to their legal nature are presented. The second part, in turn, brings brief considerations of how the foreign laws discipline the recovery. In the third part, the paper examines the recovery as a strategic game, since there are risks inherent in its execution. From an economic point of view, these risks arise from an incomplete contract carrying unforeseen variables, for instance, the change in the economic policy as well as the world wide financial crisis. So, the paper analyzes the possibilities of renegotiating the terms of the plan, as well as solutions that can be used when the incompleteness. In this sense, analyzing the mechanisms of arbitration, corporate governance and the hardship clause, in addition to the principles of objective good faith, the contract´s social function, the company\'s social function and theory of unpredictability. As the judicial and extrajudicial´s recovery represents means of restructuring, which benefits the collective of the people involved: on one side the debtor who wishes to obtain deadlines for compliance with its obligations, on the other side creditors who see a way to get their credits back, and also there are others (creditors) who may disagree with the proposal. To address this possibility (the creditor seeking the solution of his individual interests as opposed to those collective interests of creditors) Law 11.101/05 created the imposing form, which is imposed on dissidents, the agreement of those who joined voluntarily. For this reason, there are differences of opinion about the legal nature of the recovery plan. In this sense, the fourth part of the work brings the legal considerations in plans and extra-judicial recovery.

La présente thèse se veut une relecture du fumisme en tant que concept et mouvement historique daté (années 1860-1880) et situé (la France), ou moment qui représente une économie de sens qui a bouleversé les habitudes perceptuelles et intellectuelles de la réception depuis la seconde moitié du dix-neuvième siècle. Selon la lecture habituelle du fumisme, les productions des poètes et artistes fumistes, qualifiées de « fumisteries », ne forment qu’un chapitre, ou une catégorie négligeable, de l’histoire littéraire. Cette histoire confond le fumisme en tant que mouvement littéraire éphémère avec les épisodes décadent et symboliste pour le réduire à un concours de mystifications de bourgeois par des bohèmes en marge par rapport à l’institution littéraire organisées par le comédien Sapeck et l’écrivain Alphonse Allais, tous deux nommés ironiquement chefs de « l’École fumiste » vers 1880. Or, en offusquant la conception positiviste du langage qu’elle lui applique afin de le réduire à une simple provocation sans but, et en assimilant Rimbaud aux « fumisteries » des « décadents », la critique littéraire nous donne l’outil principal de démystification du fumisme en tant que pratique ou mode de production d’une économie de sens. C’est cette économie qui constitue notre principal point d’intérêt. Contemporain des épisodes décadent et symboliste, le moment fumiste oblige la réception à reconfigurer la façon de produire du sens. Les productions fumistes (essentiellement des poèmes et des caricatures, comme dans l’Album zutique, notre corpus principal) sont fondées sur une économie du rébus. Exemplifiée par le sonnet de Rimbaud intitulé « Voyelles », cette économie, qui crée des « documents », des textes inséparables de leur matière, introduit l’économie artistique du vingtième siècle – en particulier, au mode de perception cinématographique tel que fabriqué par le fumiste Émile Cohl. / This thesis focuses on a particular period in literary history that goes under the name of fumism. This “fumist” moment, which occurred during the years 1860-1880 in Paris, introduces a new economy of meaning that, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, leads to a transformation in reader’s changing perceptual and intellectual habits. In the perspective of institutionalized literary history, critics conceive fumist productions as “fumisteries” (which might be rendered as “nonsense”) and lump this ephemeral movement or literary school (“l’École fumiste”) together with decadent and symbolist literary movements, reducing it to so-called mystification contests organized by the comedian named Sapeck and the writer Alphonse Allais, both designated as leaders of “l’École fumiste” around 1880. Yet, rather than viewing fumist productions as aimless provocations and assimilating Rimbaud’s work as an example of this “fumisterie” and decadence, this thesis examines the underlying presuppositions of language that are operative in the novel understanding of literature it entails. In this perspective, “fumism,” as a theory of discourse and literary practice, signals the emergence of a new vision of language and literary production. Against this background, this thesis presents a detailed historical reading of fumism in the context of literary debates in late nineteenth-century France. At the same time, this study shows how the reception of fumist works leads to a transformed economy of meaning and, above all, to a reconfiguration of literary understanding. As this study details, fumist productions (essentially poems and caricatures that can be viewed in the Album zutique, the main corpus) are based on rebuses. Remarkably exemplified by Rimbaud’s controversial sonnet “Voyelles”, this new meaning economy creates what are termed “documents”, which place the materiality of the text on a par with its potential meanings. In interpreting this transformation, the thesis concludes by demonstrating how this new understanding of meaning lays the groundwork for the artistic economy of the twentieth century – in particular, with regard to the dynamic mode of perception introduced by the father of the animated film, the fumist Emile Cohl.

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À partir de cette confluence, nous observons comment s’est développé l’utilisation des équipements militaires par les soldats et, conséquemment, comment ils ont influencé la discipline et l’entraînement des combattants. Dans ce but, nous avons créé un catalogue d’images, d’artefacts de guerre qui ont été utilisés pendant le IVe siècle ap. J.-C., dans lequel il y a des fiches catalographiques qui contiennent l’image de chaque objet et ses caractéristiques. Nous avons aussi développé un catalogue de sources qui nous aide à comprendre comment les soldats de cette période voyaient et utilisaient les armes ; comme référence, nous avons utilisé les oeuvres Res gestae d’Ammien Marcellin, Epitoma rei militaris de Végèce (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus), Notitia dignitatum et De rebus bellicis (ces deux dernières sont anonymes). L’étude de ces oeuvres et matériels nous a permis de vérifier comment était utilisé chaque armement, de telle façon que nous avons pu avoir une compréhension de tous les équipements et machines utilisés par l’armée romaine-barbare du IVe siècle ap. J.-C. À partir de la connaissance de l’utilisation de chaque arme, nous avons pu savoir quels étaient les exercices requis pour la pratique individuelle et collective de l’armée. Ainsi, nous avons remarqué que la coexistence avec d’autres cultures a élargi les connaissances tactiques et disciplinaires de l’armée de l’Empire romain de l’Antiquité tardive. / No presente trabalho buscamos perceber a intensa interação entre romanos e bárbaros nas fileiras do exército, compondo o que chamamos de exército romano-bárbaro. A partir dessa confluência observamos como se desenvolveu o uso dos equipamentos militares pelos soldados e, consequentemente, como influenciaram na disciplina e treinamento dos combatentes. Para tanto, compomos um catalogo de imagens, com artefatos bélicos que foram usados no período do século IV d.C, onde montamos fichas catalográficas com a imagem de cada objeto e suas características. Desenvolvemos, também, um catalogo de fontes que nos auxilia a entender como eram vistas e usadas as armas pelos soldados daquele momento, como referência utilizamos a obra Res gestae de Amiano Marcelino, a Epitome rei militaris de Flávio Vegécio Renato, a Notitia dignitatum e a De rebus bellicis, sendo as duas últimas anônimas. O estudo dessas obras e materiais nos possibilitou averiguar como eram utilizados cada armamento, de forma que podemos ter uma compreensão de todos os equipamento e máquina usado pelo exército romano-bárbaro no século IV d.C. A partir do conhecimento do uso de cada arma, pudemos apurar quais eram os exercícios requerido para a prática individual e coletiva do exército. Logo, percebemos que a convivência com outras culturas ampliou os conhecimentos tático e disciplinares do exército do Império Romano da Antiguidade Tardia. / In the present work, we realize the intense interaction between romans and barbarians in the army, forming what we called roman-barbarian army. From the confluence we observe how developed the use of military equipment by the soldiers and consequently how they influenced in the discipline and training of fighters. Therefore, we compose a catalog of images with war artifacts of the fourth century A.D. In this, we set cards with the image of each object and its features. We have also developed a catalog of sources which helps us to understand how the soldiers seen and used the weapons of that time. As a reference, we analyze the Res gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus, the Epitome rei militaris of Flavius Vegetius Renatus, the Notitia dignitatum and the De rebus bellicis, the latter two anonymous. The study of these works and materials enabled us to find out how each weapon were used, then we can have an understanding of all equipment and machinery used by the roman-barbarian soldiers in the fourth century A.D. We could tell which were the exercises required for the individual and collective practice of the army, by knowing the use of each weapon. Soon, we realized that living with other cultures expand tactical and disciplinary knowledge of the late Roman army. / FAPESP: 12/13654-6

O trabalho tem por objetivo à análise jurídica do plano de recuperação e suas consequências práticas, questionando até que ponto o objetivo de um acordo imposto será alcançado, tendo em vista os diferentes interesses em jogo. A primeira parte é dedicada ao exame das disciplinas da recuperação, traçando um histórico evolutivo deste instrumento a partir da concordata. Neste ponto, são apresentadas as teorias quanto a sua natureza jurídica. A segunda parte, por sua vez, aponta breves considerações de como o direito alienígena disciplina a recuperação. Na terceira parte, o trabalho analisa a recuperação como jogo estratégico, pois existem riscos inerentes a sua execução. Isso porque, do ponto de vista econômico, o plano de recuperação, por ser contrato incompleto, impõe riscos, por portar variáveis não previstas, como por exemplo, a mudança de política econômica ou a crise financeira mundial. Assim sendo, o trabalho analisa as possibilidades de renegociação dos termos do plano, bem como as soluções que podem ser usadas quando da incompletude. Neste sentido, analisa os mecanismos da arbitragem, da governança coorporativa e da cláusula hardship, além dos princípios da boa-fé objetiva, função social do contrato, função social da empresa e teoria da imprevisão. Como a recuperação judicial e extrajudicial representam meios de reestruturação que beneficiam a coletividade de interessados: estando de um lado o devedor que pretende obter prazos para o cumprimento de suas obrigações; de outro lado os credores que visualizam uma forma de obter seus créditos, ainda existem outros (credores) que poderão discordar da proposta. Para sanar esta possibilidade (do credor buscar a solução individual de seus interesses em contraposição àqueles coletivos dos credores) a Lei 11.101/05 criou a modalidade impositiva, na qual se impõe aos dissidentes o acordo dos que aderiram voluntariamente. Por este motivo, há divergências quanto a natureza jurídica do plano de recuperação. Neste sentido, a quarta parte do trabalho traz considerações quanto a natureza jurídica dos planos de recuperação judicial e extrajudicial. / The aim of this work is assess the legal analysis of a judicial recovery plan and its practical consequences, questioning to what extent the objective of an agreement will be reached if come into force, given the different interests at stake. The first part deals with the consideration of the disciplines of recovery, tracing the evolutionary history of this instrument from a point of concordata. At this point, theories as to their legal nature are presented. The second part, in turn, brings brief considerations of how the foreign laws discipline the recovery. In the third part, the paper examines the recovery as a strategic game, since there are risks inherent in its execution. From an economic point of view, these risks arise from an incomplete contract carrying unforeseen variables, for instance, the change in the economic policy as well as the world wide financial crisis. So, the paper analyzes the possibilities of renegotiating the terms of the plan, as well as solutions that can be used when the incompleteness. In this sense, analyzing the mechanisms of arbitration, corporate governance and the hardship clause, in addition to the principles of objective good faith, the contract´s social function, the company\'s social function and theory of unpredictability. As the judicial and extrajudicial´s recovery represents means of restructuring, which benefits the collective of the people involved: on one side the debtor who wishes to obtain deadlines for compliance with its obligations, on the other side creditors who see a way to get their credits back, and also there are others (creditors) who may disagree with the proposal. To address this possibility (the creditor seeking the solution of his individual interests as opposed to those collective interests of creditors) Law 11.101/05 created the imposing form, which is imposed on dissidents, the agreement of those who joined voluntarily. For this reason, there are differences of opinion about the legal nature of the recovery plan. In this sense, the fourth part of the work brings the legal considerations in plans and extra-judicial recovery.

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L'arbitre du commerce international peut-il, en l'absence de clause contractuelle expresse, procéder à l'adaptation du contrat lorsque survient un changement de circonstances qui modifie de façon substantielle l'équilibre contractuel initial? La complexification des schémas contractuels et l'émergence correspondante de nouvelles valeurs contractuelles favorisent la réception du principe rebus sic stantibus dans le droit commercial international. Les deux phénomènes permettent également d'envisager dans une nouvelle perspective les objections traditionnelles à la révision pour imprévision. Les arbitres du commerce international sont appelés à jouer un rôle, bien que modeste, dans le mouvement d'harmonisation privé du droit commercial international. Le contexte international de l'arbitrage et de la relation contractuelle, la volonté d'apaisement inhérente à ce mode de résolution des différends et le rapport particulier qu'entretient l'arbitre du commerce international avec le droit national permettront à ce dernier de privilégier, dans certaines circonstances, une option comme l'adaptation du contrat pour cause de hardship. Plusieurs facteurs devront cependant être examinés attentivement par le tribunal arbitral avant que ne soit prise la décision de procéder à l'adaptation du contrat. D'autres remèdes pourront être envisagés si une telle solution ne convient pas. / Is the arbitrator of international commerce entitled to adapt the contract when the parties did not provide so expressly and a supervening event provokes a substantiel change in the initial contractual equilibrum? The complexification of contractual schemes and the corresponding emergence of new values in contract theory made the reception of the rebus sic stantibus principle highly probable in international commercial law. These two phenomenas supplied keys for a revised perspective of the traditional objections to the application of the rebus sic stantibus principle. Arbitrators have a role to play in the movement of private harmonization of international commercial law. The international context in which they proceed, the inherent quality of appeasement in arbitration and the particularity of the relation between arbitrator and national law are making it possible for international arbitrators to give priority to adaptation of the contract when the circumstances are right. Many factors will have to be analysed by the arbitrator before he chooses to adapt the contract because adaptation is not always the best solution. Other remedies will have to be devised if it is the case. / "Mémoire présenté à la faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de maîtrise, option droit des affaires (LL.M.)". Ce mémoire a été accepté à l'unanimité et classé parmi les 10% des mémoires de la discipline.

This work approaches the problem of the applicability of the fundamental human rights in the private relationships, in more several forms, especially treating of the contract in the dimension of the constitutional principles of the human dignity and of the solidarity. It begins with a historical digression concerning the reconquest of the value dignity in the private relationships, with the passage of the liberal state for the social state, demonstrating the problems of the new constitutional interpretation starting from the general duties of conduct in the civil obligations, braiding a parallel between these and the social principles of the contract consecrated with the constitutional text. It stands out here to the references to the primacy of the good-faith aims at, social function of the contract and the notion of material equivalence, starting point for the analysis of the possibility of contractual revision through the judiciary power, as well as of the limitations to the control jurisdicional of the fundamental rights, in opposition with the current that defends the judicial activism in those situations. It is an attempt of giving a wide vision of the subject by the analysis of their consequences in the plan infraconstitucional, especially in relation to the institutes of the lesion and the theory of the alteration of the circumstances, term that it holds the analysis of the clause rebus sic stantibus, welcomed notion, in the brazilian juridical system so much in the consumer law as effective civil code. Finally, the work search to establish the outlines of a social sense of the contract consecrated in the current code that comes as an open system that allows the construction of bridges that tie it to other laws looking for to explain such phenomenon and which the consequences of we hug that orientation in a close future. / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Este trabalho aborda a problemática da aplicabilidade dos direitos humanos fundamentais nas relações entre particulares, em suas mais diversas formas, tratando especialmente do contrato na dimensão dos princípios constitucionais da dignidade humana e da solidariedade. Inicia-se com uma digressão histórica acerca da reconquista do valor dignidade nas relações privadas, com a passagem do Estado Liberal para o Estado Social, demonstrando os problemas da nova hermenêutica constitucional a partir da elaboração da introdução de deveres gerais de conduta nas obrigações civis, traçando um paralelo entre estes e os princípios sociais do contrato consagrados com o advento do texto constitucional vigente. Destacam-se aqui as referências ao primado da boa-fé objetiva, à função social do contrato e à noção de equivalência material, pontos de partida para a análise da possibilidade de revisão contratual por intermédio do Poder Judiciário, como também das limitações ao controle jurisdicional dos direitos fundamentais, em contraposição com a corrente que defende o ativismo judicial nessas situações. É uma tentativa de dar uma ampla visão do assunto mediante a análise de suas conseqüências no plano infraconstitucional, mormente em relação aos institutos da lesão e à teoria da alteração das circunstâncias, termo que comporta a análise da cláusula rebus sic stantibus e da teoria da imprevisão, noções acolhidas, respectivamente, no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro tanto no Código de Defesa do Consumidor como no Código Civil vigente, nos quais se encontra consagrada a idéia de resolução por onerosidade excessiva. Enfim, o trabalho busca estabelecer os contornos de um sentido social do contrato consagrado na atual codificação, apresentando-a como um sistema aberto que permite a construção de pontes que a ligam a outros corpos normativos, buscando explicar tal fenômeno e quais as conseqüências de abraçarmos essa orientação num futuro próximo.