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PetraCapandová(UniwersytetKomeńskiegowBratysławie)
CONTRACTOFSALEINTHEFIRST
CZECHOSLOVAKCIVILCODE
1.Introduction–2.Function–3.Term–4.Parties–5.Conclusion
1.Contractofsaleisoneoftheoldestlegalinstituteswhichwasrelativelywell-deve-
lopedalreadyintheRomanlaw.Romanlawisconsideredtobeoneofthegreatestcon-
tributionsoftheRomanEmpireforthegenerationstocome.JustastheGreekantiquity
iswellknowntobeacontributionmainlyintheareaofphilosophy,theRomanantiquity
hasenrichedespeciallylawandlegalthinking.Thisisprovedtobetruemainlybythe
factthatevenafteranactualdeclineoftheRomanEmpire,evenofitseasternpart,Ro-
manlawkeptinfluencinglegalthinkingsignificantly.Thistendencycouldbetraced
fromtheoldesttimestillpresent–andSlovakia,BohemiaandMoraviaarenoexcep-
tionsfromthisstatement.
RomanlegalthinkingandinstitutesoftheRomanlawwereandareinsofarorga-
nicpartoflegalsystemsofEuropeancountries,thateventheCommunistPartyofthe
CzechoslovakRepublicwasnotabletodocompletelywithoutthemwhenmakingnew
unifiedcivilcode(lawnumber141/1950Zb.,CivilCodepassedonOctober25,1950),
whichmeanttheendofahistoricalperiodoflegaldualismintheCzechoslovakRepublic
wheninBohemiaandMoraviawaseffectiveAustrianCivilCode(ABGB)asamended
andinSlovakiaHungariancustomlaw.Thisnewcivilcode,alsocalled"themedium
code”,originatedwithinso-calledlegalbiennium(1948–1950)declaredbytheCzecho-
slovakgovernment.ElementsofRomanlawcouldbefoundhereinspiteofatotally
differentoveralllegalconceptandtendencytoassimilateCzechoslovaklegislationin
thegreatestpossiblemannerwiththesovietcivillaw.Thus,eventhoughthebasicrole
oftheCivilCode1950fromthecontentpointofviewwastoprojecttheprinciplesof
theConstitutionoftheMay9concerningespeciallyeconomicpolicyintospecificand
detailedregulationofproprietaryrelationships,manyoftheprinciplesandinstitutesof
theRomanlawwereretained–evenifwrappedupinsocialisticlanguage1.
1
J.Lazara.o.,Občianskeprávohmotné,vol.1,Bratislava2006,p.51–52.
