Autonomy of the will: evolution of juridical doctrine and legal norms
- Authors: Boldyrev V.A.1, Maksimov V.A.2
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Affiliations:
- North-Western Branch of the Russian State University of Justice
- St. Petersburg Law Institute (Branch) of the University of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation
- Issue: No 8 (2024)
- Pages: 134-141
- Section: Civil and entrepreneurial law
- URL: https://vestnikugrasu.org/1026-9452/article/view/649101
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S1026945224080135
- ID: 649101
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Abstract
In the article on the basis of statistical methods, the use of the term “autonomy of will” in judicial acts by the law enforcement officer is characterized. It is noted that the meaning of the relevant legal category is not sufficiently defined, which is the reason for its relatively rare (in comparison with “freedom of contract”) use in the texts of court rulings. Amendments made to civil legislation concerning decisions of assemblies, pre-contractual relations and the procedure for changing and terminating multilateral agreements are interpreted as the result of a change in the legal paradigm supported by a legislator. Deeply realized over the years of the functioning of the market economy, reinforced by data from related fields of scientific knowledge, the ability to regulate public relations in a decentralized manner by the will of many people has changed the ideas about the nature of the autonomy of participants in civil turnover, the nature of centralized regulation of public relations and the meaning of legal norms.
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Vladimir A. Boldyrev
North-Western Branch of the Russian State University of Justice
Author for correspondence.
Email: vabold@mail.ru
Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Professor of the Civil Law Department
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgVitaly A. Maksimov
St. Petersburg Law Institute (Branch) of the University of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation
Email: maximovva@mail.ru
PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of civil law disciplines
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgReferences
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