Simulated Private Autonomy – Legislative and Judicial Filling of Gaps Left by Parties

初步申请中提出的工作方案已被证明是该项目的有效基础。最初申请中概述的特别部分(补充解释、缺省规则、虚构的意向声明、无因管理)已经定稿。对补充解释原则的分析表明，应更多地注意客观法律要求与当事人私人自治所产生的论点之间的紧张关系。在这一概念上的重要问题上，新的考虑扩大和深化了调查对象。现在需要在这个问题上花费额外的时间来完成一般部分。此外，由于新冠肺炎大流行而采取的措施，即暂时限制进入图书馆和研究所的工作场所，推迟了特别部分的筹备工作。以特别部分为基础的一般部分(模拟私人自治的一般原则、补充机制的并行、对缔约方假设意愿的作用的重新评估)已经构思完毕；目前正在定稿。在这方面，拟议的概念需要进一步的理由，这是增加一章的主题。此外，该项目的核心受到了新冠肺炎疫情的影响。因此，该项目获得了更多的相关性和新的推动力。这场大流行证实了这种研究方法。就私法而言，只有在合同补充机制的协调框架内才能理性地克服这一流行病。因此，大流行病引发的合同法问题可以用来验证和加强在总则部分中提出的论点。

The work programme presented in the initial application has proven to be a valid basis for the project. The Special Part as outlined in the initial application (supplementary interpretation, default rules, fictitious declarations of intent, negotiorum gestio) has been finalized. The analysis of the principles of supplementary interpretation has shown that greater attention was to be paid to the tension between objective legal requirements and arguments derived from the parties’ private autonomy. In this conceptually important point, new considerations have broadened and deepened the object of investigation. The additional time spent on this issue is now required to complete the General Part. In addition, measures imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, namely the temporarily restricted access to libraries and to the workplace at the institute, have delayed the preparation of the Special Part.The General Part (general principles of simulated private autonomy, concurrence of supplementary mechanisms, re-evaluation of the role of hypothetical will of the parties), which builds on the Special Part, has been conceived; it is currently being finalized. In this respect, the proposed conception requires further justification which is the subject-matter of an additional chapter.Furthermore, the project has been touched at its core by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project has thus gained additional relevance as well as new impulses. The pandemic has confirmed the research approach. In terms of private law, the pandemic can only be overcome rationally within a coherent framework of contractual supplementary mechanisms. Thus, the contract law issues triggered by the pandemic can serve to verify and sharpen the theses developed in the General Part.