Экзамен зачет учебный год 2023 / Breach of Contract and Remedies under the New German Law of Obligations_REINHARD ZIMMERMANN
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I.The reform of the German law of obligations
1.History of the reform
2.Scope of the reform
II. Remedies for non-performance: the path to the new rules
1.The old law, Abschlussbericht and ‘discussion draft’
2.From the ‘discussion draft’ to the new law
III.Specific performance and exclusion of the right to specific performance
1.Impossibility of performance
2.‘Practical impossibility’ and ‘economic impossibility’
3.The problem of ‘subjective impossibility’
4.‘Moral impossibility’
IV. Damages
1.Conceptual Foundations
2.Damages in lieu of performance
a)Impossibility of performance
b)Delay of performance and deficient performance
c)Infringement of ancillary duties which do not affect the performance as such
3.Damages for delay of performance
a)Mora debitoris
b)Excursus: other consequences of mora debitoris
4.‘Simple’ damages
V. Claim for the substitute in cases of impossibility
VI. |
Expenses incurred in the expectation of receiving performance |
VII. |
Initial impediments to performance |
1.Validity of the contract
2.Essential elements of the liability regime
3.Initial impossibility and the rules on mistake VIII. Termination
1.Doctrinal and historical background to the new law
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2.Automatic release of the creditor in cases of impossibility of performance on the part of the debtor
3.The requirements for termination
4.The mechanics of termination
5.Comparison
IX. Other remedies
X.Concluding Observations
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