Vom Katalog zur Generalklausel hin zur speziellen gesetzlichen Regelung: Japanische Irrtumsregelungen

Abstract

When  codifying  its  Civil  Code  (Minpô),  Japan  chose  a  blanket  clause  for  its  error  regulation instead of the initially drafted error catalogue. In consequence, the provision  was  rearranged  by  law  researchers  and  judicature,  which  finally  resulted  in  the  emergence of theories outside the law of errors. If sufficient material has accumulated  on a new type of interference of intention, e.g., of the consumer in a consumer contract,  this should generally prompt the codification of a  special legal regulation. The question  is, what kind of regulation? The author points out  the materialization of the classical  error regulation, specifically the expansive rearrangement of the blanket clause, as one  possibility  instead  of  the  creation  of  numerous  special  bodies  of  law.  The  Japanese  model is a rudimentary example of this.

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