缔约过失责任与允诺禁反言原则比较研究

Comparison Between the Liability of Faults During the Process of Conclusion of Contract and the Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel

缔约过失责任是大陆法系国家依据诚信原则 ,对于违反先契约义务的当事人所追究的民事责任 ;允诺禁反言原则是英美法系国家依诚信原则对无对价的允诺赋予法律约束力的一种制度。这两种制度各有特点 ,但均以诚信原则为基础 ,来保护当事人在缔约过程中的信赖利益 ,并分别在两大法系内发挥着平衡缔约当事人利益的功能。本文从比较法的角度出发 ,分析了这两种制度在产生渊源、理论基础、构成要件。

The liability of faults during the process of conclusion of contract is a kind of civil liability that the countries of civil law system demands the party who breaches the pre-contract duties to bear on the principle of bona fide; while the doctrine of promissory estoppel is a kind of system that the English-American law system endows the promise without consideration with legal confinement to the other party on the on the principle of bona fide. This thesis analyses the differences of the two systems from the point of comparative law about their origin, theoretical basic, composing elements and applicable range.