English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Free Plan

and metaphysical notion calling for subtle distinctions, and creating confusion instead of serving a useful purpose. Speaking of the modem Dutch law, Van der Linden says :,.6 "Besides the invalidity of contracts on the ground of absence of free consent, they are also null and void whenever they have no cause ( oorzaak) at all, or a false cause or a cause which offends against justice, good faith or good morals." It is expressed in the same manner in Article 1371 of the Dutch Civil Code.n The following statements will serve to show what is meant by causa in the Roman Dutch law: "There must be a rea.Son for a contract," says Morice, "a rational motive for it, whether that motive is benevolence, friendship, or other , proper feeling, or, on the other hand, of a commercial or business nature. In other words, the agreement must be a deliberate, serious act, not one that is irrational or motiveless." Maasdorp79 expresses it in the following words : "All that is meant by a reasonable cause (redelyke oorzaak) in our law is that an agreement, in order to afford a right of action, shall have 14 Ibid., no. 1039. '"See Baudrie-Lacantinerie & Barde, op. cit., nos. 321-327 and the authors there cited. See also 2 Colin & Capitant, Cours elementaire de droit civil fran~ais, 313. Of the French monographs on causa (see ante, note 9) those by Artur, Conril, Ernst, Seferiades and Timbal take this view. Those of Brissaud and P. Colin take the contrary view. 16 Van der Linden, Institutes, Bk. I, ch. 14, sec. 2. 11 Art. 1371, which reads as follows: "Bene overeenkomst zonder oorzaak, of ttit eene valsche of ongeoorloofde oorzaak, am~gegaan, is krachteloos." 78 Morice, English and Roma1~ Dutch Law (2d ed.) 79. See also Dalloz, op. cit., art. II3I, nos. 23, 38-39, 41,-44-46. 19 Maasdorp, The Institutes of Cape Law, Bk. III: The Law of Obligations. Part I: Contracts, 36.

Causa and Consideration in the Law of Contracts