The express resolutive clause and the incomplete contract as mechanisms of management of risks

Authors

  • Aline de Miranda Valverde Terra
  • Paula Greco Bandeira

Keywords:

Express resolutive clauses, Incomplete contract, Allocation of contractual risks.

Abstract

This article emphasizes the importance of the contract as a mechanism of allocation of risks, especially the economic risks which affect its performance. This allocation of risks allows the definition of parties’ responsibility. In this sense, the parties may allocate the risks in a positive or negative manner. Within the positive allocation of risks the express resolutive clause may assume an important role, consenting the parties to define the events which, once verified, extinguish the contract independently of the judicial dispute resolution. On the other hand, the incomplete contract determines a negative allocation of risks, by which the parties deliberately left in blank some elements which will be defined in the future, as the execution by one or both parties, a third person or the application of external factors, in accordance to the contractual proceeding, in order to attend the concrete interests of the parties.

Published

2017-07-13

How to Cite

Terra, A. de M. V., & Bandeira, P. G. (2017). The express resolutive clause and the incomplete contract as mechanisms of management of risks. Revista Brasileira De Direito Civil, 6(04). Retrieved from https://rbdcivil.ibdcivil.org.br/rbdc/article/view/80