合同形式的法律评价

合同形式即合同的表达方式,作为合同意思表示的载体,其在不同的历史时期,甚至在同一时期的不同国家和地区对合同的影响力均是不同的。合同形式的立法选择,体现了法律对合同形式的价值判断。学说上及实践中,对是否应对合同形式进行强制及合同形式强制的效力是什么,均存在着激烈的争论。本文拟从契约效力的根源着手分析,从比较法的角度对合同形式及其欠缺的法律效力进行探析。

A Legal Evaluation of the Form of Contract

The form of a contract is the way that it expresses itself. As the carrier of the contents of the contract, it exerts different effects on the contract in different periods of time in history, and even in the same period of time in different countries and regions. The legislative choice of the form of contract expresses the value determined by the law. In academic study and practice, there is great controversy as to whether compulsion should be imposed onto the contract, and if yes, what compulsory power it is. The present paper aims to analyze the root of the power that a contract has, and probe into the form of a contract and the legal power that it is short of based on a comparison.