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https://doi.org/10.22364/juzk.82.10 | 96-106 | PDF

Latvijas Civillikuma sistēmas atsevišķas īpatnības

Systemic Peculiarities of the Latvian Civil Law

Aleksandrs Fillers, Dr. iur., LL.M.
Rīgas Juridiskās Augstskolas asociētais profesors, 
Latvijas Universitātes pasniedzējs

Summary
Latvian Civil Law (LCL) is characterized by its comparatively chaotic structure. Many of its rules suffer from imprecise language and quite frequently similar casuistic rules are spread throughout the legal act. In the article, the author identifies several such rules and argues in favour of their convergence. Firstly, the author offers a uniform interpretation concerning the liability of a person who has used an object entrusted to it without permission. Uniform interpretation is needed, as the LCL contains at least three similar rules in this respect. Secondly, the author argues that a person to whom a thing is entrusted must not be liable for its theft unless he/she has acted negligently. Once again in this respect, the LCL contains two rules, and the author argues that the special rule actually is a better representation of the principle of liability than the more general rule. Thirdly, the author argues that one of the rules on the destruction of objects in an alternative obligation is actually meant to apply to purchase contracts, but its formulation wrongly extends its scope to all alternative obligations.

Atslēgvārdi: sistēmiska interpretācija, glabājuma līgums, atbildība par zādzību, alternatīvas saistības, periculum est emptoris

Keywords: systemic interpretation, contract of deposit, liability for theft, alternative obligations, periculum est emptoris

Likumdošana un tās rezultāts Latvijā: pagātnes mācības, mūsdienu tendences, problēmas un risinājumi. Latvijas Universitātes 82. starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences tiesību zinātnes rakstu krājums = Legislation and Its Outcome in Latvia: Lessons from the Past, Current Trends, Problems and Solutions. Legal Science Proceedings of the 82^nd International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2024. 396 lpp.