英美法上的要物合同机制及其启示

关于我国民法典中要物合同的存废,英美法上的要物合同机制可带来不少启示。英美法的经验所传递的信息是,要物合同被确立下来依赖于其无偿的人际关系的产生背景,正是在此基础上,它适用＂没有给就没有还＂的法律逻辑。它被保留下来,很大程度上是法律传统使然。进一步分析,还可以补充上法律目的与法律伦理等方面的理由。在对待要物合同的问题上,建议以前述理由为据,保留无偿的传统要物合同,将有偿要物合同予以诺成化改造。

THE LEGAL CONTRACTING MECHANISM OF IMPORTANT ITEMS IN THE U.S.A.& GREAT BRITAIN AND ITS INSPIRATION

The legal contracting mechanismof important items in U.S.A.and Great Britain is a great inspiration to whether or not the contracting of important items should be abolished in China＇s civil code.The message conveyed by their legal experience is that the establishing of important item contracts depends on the background against the emerging of their gratuitous interpersonal relationships,which fits the legal logic of no-giving,no-returning.The mechanism survives largely because of their legal tradition and their legal objectives and moral principles as well.The paper believes that the traditional gratuitous important item contracts are to be reserved and paid important item contracts must be reformed.