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Pojem causy v římském právu
The Concept of Causa in Roman Law

Author(s): Petr Dostalík
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: causa; law of contract; nullity of contracts; reception of the Roman Law; stipulatio; vis ac metus

Summary/Abstract: This article concerns about the term „causa“ or „causa“ as philosophical or legal term. The article is divided into three main parts. The first part is dedicated to the different meanings og the notion of causa as the grammatical, philosophical and legal expression, the second part is dedicated to the importance of causa for roman lawyers and the last part aims at further fate of the learning of causa in the medieval and modern law.

  • Issue Year: 4/2009
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 277-285
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Czech