保证责任期间的相关问题

Period of Liability for Guaranty

保证责任期间是保证责任制度的重要内容,实践中有关保证责任期间的规定,已成为保证人在实践中主张免除保证责任的非常重要的理由。从理论上分析保证责任期间的性质为除斥期间,而非诉讼时效期间。从司法实践中当事人对保证责任期间的约定不明确或未约定的角度出发,并结合理论分析阐明保证责任期间的性质直接影响到保证人的责任承担和利益问题。

Stipulations on the period of liability for guaranty, vital in system of ability to guaranty, practically has become a very important reason to insisting in free from liability for guaranty. Nature of period of liability for guaranty is theoretically analyzed. The judicial practice that imprecise agreements on period of liability for guaranty or are often signed by parties, sometimes even no agreements, suggests that the nature of the period has directly influenced the guarantors' obligation and benefits.