The cause of the contract
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Cause, Validity, Contract, Reason, Social purposeAbstract
The discussion about the cause of the contracts is old. The debate reignited with the modification of the French Civil Code, which suppressed the cause as a requirement of validity of the contract. The debate between causalists and anticausalists, however, persists. It is argued that every business has a cause, a fact that, itself, does not demand evidential necessity. Not infrequently, the cause is confused with the motive or with the very effects of the negotiating act. The purpose of this article is to present this discussion, nevertheless criticizing doctrinal positions and judicial decisions
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