Autore: Whittaker, Simon
Titolo: "General Principles" and "Underlying Principles" in the Proposed Common European Sales Law and their Role in its Interpretation
Periodico: Osservatorio del diritto civile e commerciale
Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 361 - Pagina finale: 386

This paper explains the evolution of the roles of principles in the Draft CommonFrame of Reference and the proposed Common European Sales Law, the latter of which identifiesthree «general principles» and as well as «underlying principles». In the CESL, «generalprinciples» have three roles: a political role, setting out the need for a balance between a liberalview of contract and a more «social» view; a legal cultural role, setting the CESL firmlywithin the European continental civil law tradition; and a directly normative role, sometimesrequiring a court to decide in a way which the CESL's rules would not otherwise require.Moreover, «general principles» are also seen as «underlying principles» for the purposes ofthe interpretation of the CESL's substantive rules and are, therefore, relevant to the settlingof issues within the scope of the CESL but not otherwise settled by it, an interpretative approachseen as necessary to achieve the uniform scheme of regulation deemed necessary forthe internal market. In the author's view, the economic benefits intended to be generated bysuch a uniform law would bear a constitutional cost, the CESL requiring the Court of Justiceto take an overtly creative role in its future interpretation.




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