New Perspectives on the Law of Contracts? General Principles (Revised Edition)

Author: Wang Liming, Cui Jianyuan
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Publish Date: 2000-03-01
Features: Contract law is the basic legal principle of China's socialist market economy. The market is composed of intricate and complex transactions occurring every moment, and contracts are the basic legal form reflecting these transactions. The general rules of contract law are the basic rules for regulating the transaction process and maintaining transaction order. Under market economy conditions, all transaction activities are carried out through the conclusion and performance of contracts, making contract relationships the basic legal relationships in market-oriented societies, and contract law the basic legal framework for regulating market economy relationships. The promulgation of China's contract law has improved the legal system of contract law, thereby raising the question of the relationship between contract law and tort law. According to the civil law system of the, contract law is a part of tort law. Tort law refers to the comprehensive set of legal norms that regulate property relationships between specific parties requesting specific actions. The system of contract law can be divided into a legislative system and a disciplinary system. The legislative system of contract law refers to the system established in the general and specific parts of contract law. The disciplinary system of contract law refers to the system summarized and from a theoretical perspective.