Law of Obligations
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The Law of Obligations is a core area of civil law that governs legal relationships arising from contracts, torts, and other sources of duties between private parties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Law of Obligations canonical | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
area of private law
ⓘ
branch of civil law ⓘ legal doctrine ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
allocate risks between parties
ⓘ
protect reasonable expectations of parties ⓘ provide remedies for violation of duties ⓘ |
| appliesIn | civil law jurisdictions ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
Brazilian Civil Code
ⓘ
Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands) ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Civil Code
Napoleonic Code ⓘ
surface form:
French Civil Code
German Civil Code ⓘ Italian Civil Code ⓘ Philippine Civil Code ⓘ Civil Code of Poland ⓘ
surface form:
Polish Civil Code
Quebec Civil Code ⓘ Russian Civil Code ⓘ Swiss Code of Obligations ⓘ |
| concerns | rights in personam ⓘ |
| coreComponentOf | civil codes in many countries ⓘ |
| defines | sources of obligations ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
law of property
ⓘ
rights in rem ⓘ |
| fieldOfLaw | civil law ⓘ |
| includesSubfield |
contract law
ⓘ
delict law in civil law systems ⓘ law of unjust enrichment ⓘ quasi-contracts in some traditions ⓘ tort law ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Roman law ⓘ |
| regulates |
breach of obligations
ⓘ
contractual obligations ⓘ damages for breach of contract ⓘ negotiation and formation of contracts ⓘ non-contractual obligations ⓘ obligations between private parties ⓘ performance of obligations ⓘ pre-contractual liability in some legal systems ⓘ remedies for breach of obligations ⓘ rescission of contracts ⓘ restitutionary obligations ⓘ specific performance ⓘ termination of contracts ⓘ tortious obligations ⓘ unjust enrichment claims ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
commercial law
ⓘ
consumer protection law ⓘ |
| sourcesInclude |
contracts
ⓘ
negotiorum gestio in civil law ⓘ statute ⓘ torts ⓘ unjust enrichment ⓘ |
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