The purpose of this master's degree thesis is to analyze a fundamental area of Civil Law - the consequences of defects in legal acts. The reason for this research is that this area of law is of great importance mainly but not limited to the contractual obligations and the numerous changes introduced by the new statute, the Act No. 89/2012 Coll., The Civil Code, gave rise to a large number of potential issues. The main objective is to provide a general overview of legal consequences of defective legal acts in order to better understand the context and the development in this area. The differences between particular consequences are appropriately highlighted and, where relevant, the paper provides comparison with the former legislation and points out the significant case law. The paper is composed of the Introduction, three Chapters and the Conclusion. Chapter One is introductory and defines the concept of "legal acts" and its essentials. In addition, a notion of defects in legal acts is presented. Chapter Two is an analysis of the various consequences of defects in legal acts. It is subdivided into four parts. Part One describes the new concept of non-existence in detail and the most disputable areas are discussed. It is argued that the concept of non- existence, although theoretically sound, does...

Invalidity of Legal Acts in Civil Law The purpose of this thesis is to analyse comprehensively the institute of invalidity of legal acts, as the most common consequence of defects of legal acts. The invalidity is one of the most important institutes of private law, because the whole society has always needed to act legally and also to rely on the validity of their legal acts. It is necessary to define essential elements of legal acts and the consequences of non compliance with them. This thesis, which is divided into five chapters, deals with the essential elements of legal acts, the defects of legal acts and most importantly the consequences of these defects which is the nullity and mainly the invalidity and voidability of legal acts. First chapter is introductory and describes the evolution of legislation of civil law in Czech Republic because it has came through many significant changes including the field of invalidity of legal acts. Particularly the Act No. 89/2012 Coll., Civil Code, has brought many positive changes this year. Second chapter is divided into three subchapters. It briefly describes the legal facts and it focuses mainly to legal acting as the most important legal fact. It explains the term and the substance of legal acts, names the essential elements of legal acts and the...

Statute of limitations of a plea concerning the voidability of a will as part of inheritance proceedings Abstract This thesis deals with the possible statute of limitations of a plea concerning the voidability of a will as part of inheritance proceedings or, as the case may be, identification of the conditions under which such statute of limitations is possible, since this becomes a current issue in a situation when there is an increase in the number of drawn up wills and length of inheritance proceedings. The thesis describes related legal institutions, including an analysis of related case law, and is applied to a specific case, whereas the author concludes that the statute of limitations of a plea concerning the voidability of a will as part of inheritance proceedings is possible, when the limitation period commences on the day that a disinherited descendant provably learned of the existence of a will and not the drawing up of a will or death of the testate. The author's conclusion, to a considerable extent, contradicts the very latest judgement of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic which is also analysed in the thesis. From the author's point of view, this judgement is a strongly law-making decision which is not entirely consistent with the previous decision-making of the Supreme Court of the Czech...

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marly Moreira Couto Criales.pdf: 1145000 bytes, checksum: 3409d199ea2e03cb7d567426b0a0aa9d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-04 / This paper s purpose is to study the invalidities on the tax notice for disrespect of mandatory requirements for its transcription with the purpose of determining the criteria for the classification of types of invalidities, defects and their effects, related to the requirements of act 10 of decree 70.235 /72. The study begins with the understanding of the rules of law as a construction of the human being to interpret the texts of law and give them meaning. It works invalidity as the antithesis of validity, and analyzes the concepts of validity, existence and effectiveness of legal standards. Then, it studies the tax notice as an administrative act to define that their requirements for transcription are composed of intrinsic elements and assumptions of validity. Finally, it analyzes the theories of invalidity and its application in Tax Law, to conclude that there are two types of invalidity, nullity and voidability, which relate to material and formal defects / O objetivo do trabalho é estudar as invalidades no auto de infração por desrespeito aos requisitos obrigatórios para a sua lavratura, com a finalidade de determinar os critérios de classificação das espécies de invalidades, vícios e seus efeitos, relacionado aos requisitos no art. 10 do Decreto n°. 70.235/72. O estudo tem início com o entendimento de norma jurídica como uma construção do ser humano ao interpretar os textos de lei e atribuir-lhes significação. Trabalha a invalidade como antítese da validade, e analisa os conceitos de validade, existência e eficácia das normas jurídica. Em seguida, estuda o auto de infração como ato administrativo para definir que os seus requisitos de lavratura são compostos de elementos intrínsecos e pressupostos de validade. Por fim, analisa as teorias de invalidade e sua aplicação no Direito Tributário, para concluir que são duas as espécies de invalidade, nulidade e anulabilidade, as quais se relacionam com os vícios materiais e formais

What happens to the third party that, in good faith, acquires rights from a subject whose title is not valid? With few exceptions, the Peruvian Civil Code leaves him unprotected. In this article, the author evaluates the specific solutions contained in the Peruvian Civil Code; analyzes the answers that foreign legislations present; and, finally, proposes a solution to protect the third parties in good faith who acquire rights from an apparent owner. / ¿Qué ocurre con el tercero que, de buena fe, adquiere derechos de un sujeto cuyo título es inválido? Salvo algunas excepciones, el Código Civil peruano lo deja desprotegido. En este artículo, la autora evalúa las soluciones específicas que contiene el Código Civil peruano; analiza las respuestas que presentan legislaciones extranjeras; y, finalmente, propone una solución para dar protección a los terceros de buena fe que adquieren derechos de un titular aparente.

This paper explains how the notion of economic duress is understood in different legal regimes of Civil Law and Common Law. This way, the author first addresses the concept of economic duress from a restrictive sense (as a defect of consent) and, later, develops the concept from a wider perspective (taking into account an objective economic imbalance). / El presente artículo explica cómo se entiende la noción de violencia económica en diversos ordenamientos jurídicos tanto del Civil Law como del Common Law. Así, el autor aborda primero el concepto de violencia económica en un sentido restringido (como vicio del consentimiento), y posteriormente lo desarrolla desde una perspectiva más amplia (tomando en cuenta un desequilibrio económico objetivo).

Central point of the thesis at hand is the effort to clarify legal consequences arising out of the conclusion of the usurious contract. Its primary aim is to determine whether the usurious contract is voidable or rather null and void and whether it is possible to uphold the usurious contract either by applying the concept of partial invalidity or by judicial balancing of the grossly disproportionate considerations arising out of the usurious contract. This thesis is structured into two parts. The first chapter of the first part briefly introduces paradigms of the rules related to the usury. The second chapter analyzes individual characteristics of the usury. In the third chapter author argues for the possibility to review the contracts (showing the disproportion of considerations, defects of the abused's will and the element of abuse, however, not fulfilling all the characteristics of the usurious contracts due to narrow definition of the usury) by the good-manners-test. Second part of this thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter analyzes consequences resulting from the violation of the usury prohibition and their impact on the usurer's and the abused's legal position. This chapter also deals with the difficulties in terms of interpretation of rules governing invalidity of legal...