Publication at Faculty of Law |
2014
Abstract
The paper deals with the principle of legitimate expectations in the civil law and, in particular, in the Czech Civil Code of 2012. The principle is well known from the administrative law but it is quite novel in the field of civil law.
Despite that the significance of ""legitimate expectations"" in civil law is continuously expanding. The principle works as a basic tool of recognition of good-faith interests of parties in contracts, property matters etc.
The paper sums up roots of the principle in the European law, gives an overview of regulatory potential of the principle and discusses employment of ""legitimate expectations"" in the new Czech Civil Code.