From favor debilis to favor consumatore: Historical Considerations

This paper refers to the historical evolution of the favor debilis principle from the Roman Law until our days. In this way, it begins with an examination of the favor libertatis principle and its incidence on the debtor’s responsibility, as well as the contractual interpretation in Ancient Rome. Su...

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Autor: Isler Soto, Erika
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/20836
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/20836
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:pro consumer
consumer contract
favor debilis
consumer
contractual interpretation
Pro consumidor
contrato de consumo
consumidor
interpretación contractual
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Sumario:This paper refers to the historical evolution of the favor debilis principle from the Roman Law until our days. In this way, it begins with an examination of the favor libertatis principle and its incidence on the debtor’s responsibility, as well as the contractual interpretation in Ancient Rome. Subsequently, it refers to the incidence of Christianity in the moralization of the obligation. Then, the text refers to the persistence of the favor debilis under the modern model based on the conception of a free man that is able to protect its rights. Finally, its persistence in postmodernity is analyzed, which suggests changes in the law of obligations and contracts, which proposes also a new moralization of the contract, but sustained this time in the fundamental rights, as well as a renewed anthropocentric vision. Then, it refers to the bases of rules more favorable to the consumer and ends with the revision of the functions of the pro consumer principle: interpretation and conflict resolution mechanism of standards.