THE CONCEPT OF PRE-CONTRACTUAL DUTIES AND A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE DRAFT COMMON FRAME OF REFERENCE, ENGLISH AND TURKISH LEGAL SYSTEMS

Year 2017, Volume: 16 Issue: 2, 171 - 198, 01.10.2017

Ayşe Elif Yıldırım

https://doi.org/10.1501/Avraras_0000000257

Abstract

It is necessary to reveal some information in order to conclude a healthy contract during the phase of negotiation. Accordingly, a relationship basing on mutual trust needs to be formed between parties. The duties regarding this relationship have been named as "pre-contractual duties" or "culpa in contrahendo" under legal scholarship. If any party fails to fulfill this trust some liabilities may occur, depending on the legal system we are operating in. There are different approaches from different legal systems. This paper aims to compare the outcome of the study of the European scholars, the Draft Common Frame of Reference, a common law state the United Kingdom and a civil law state Turkey and point out the main differences in approaches to pre-contractual duties

Keywords

Pre-Contractual Duties, Draft Common Frame of Reference

Sözleşme Öncesi Sorumluluk Kavramı ve Karşılaştırmalı Ortak Ölçüt Çerçevesi Taslağı, İngiliz ve Türk Hukuku

Abstract

Sağlıklı bir sözleşmenin kurulabilmesi için, görüşme safhasında taraflar arasında karşılıklı güvene dayalı bir ilişki kurulması gerekmektedir. Bu süreçte doğan yükümlülüklere hukuk doktrininin de "sözleşme öncesi sorumluluk" ya da "culpa in contrahendo" adı verilmektedir. Eğer taraflardan biri bu söz konusu yükümlülükleri yerine getirmezse, işlemin yapıldığı hukuk sistemine göre bir takım sorumluluklar doğabilir. Farklı hukuk sistemleri bu duruma farklı yaklaşmaktadır. Bu çalışma, Avrupalı bazı akademisyenlerin ortak çalışmasının sonucu olan Ortak Ölçüt Çerçevesi Taslağı "Draft Common Frame of Reference", bir Anglo-Sakson hukuk sistemi ülkesi olan Birleşik Krallık ve Kıta Avrupası hukuk sistemi ülkesi olan Türkiye'nin sözleşme öncesi sorumluluk kavramına nasıl yaklaştığını incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır

Keywords

Sözleşme Öncesi Sorumluluk, hukuk, sözleşme ve hukuk

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