第2016-131號法令,“改革契約法,一般制度和義務證明”,於2016年10月生效;及隨後於2018年4月20日實施的第2018-287號法律,法國才剛剛完成了為期十四年的改革程序。這次改革,是契約法自兩個多世紀前制定民法典以來,法國歷史上最大的變革。這次改革具有重要意義,從象徵意義上講-它觸及了《拿破崙法典》最強大的支柱之一-從務實的觀點出發-它向該法典中引入了330多個新條款。除了提高法律的可讀性和清晰度之外,這項意義深遠改革的核心是對契約法進行現代化的願望-經濟發展的現代化,歐洲體系的協同化以及追求振興法國法律的國際影響。在試圖理解改革的原因和方式之後,本文將努力揭示和分析由此產生的主要發展。該分析將遵循契約法研究的三個經典軸:契約成立(及其有效性條件),契約的履行(及其效力)以及最終在不履行情況下的制裁。
Ordinance No. 2016-131 "reforming contract law, the general regime and proof of obligations" came into force in October 2016. With law n ° 2018-287 of April 20, 2018, France has just completed the reform process which had been triggered fourteen years earlier. Contract law has thus known the greatest change in France history since the creation of the Civil Code a little more than two centuries ago. This reform is of considerable importance, both from a symbolic point of view - it hits one of the strongest pillars of the "Napoleon Code" - and from a practical point of view since it introduces into this Code more than 330 new articles. In addition to improving the accessibility and clarity of the law, the desire to modernize contract law is at the heart of this far-reaching reform - modernization with regard to economic development, a rapprochement of European systems, and the quest to revitalize French law international influence. After trying to understand why and how this reform was implemented, this thesis will endeavor to expose and analyze the main developments resulting from it. This analysis will follow the three classic axes of the study of contract law: the formation of the contract (and its conditions of validity), the execution of the contract (and its effects), and finally the sanctions in the event of non-performance.