About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

17 Acta U. Danubius Jur. 7 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/actdaj2021 and id is 1 raw text is: 














                                                                             JURIDICA

                                                       Studies and Articles


Acta
Universitatis
Danubius


                             Real   Contracts in Roman Law and Their
                             Development in Positive Law with Special
                             Emphasis on Loan Contracts (Mutuum)




JURIDICA



                                   Dren  Hilmi Dauti'



Abstract: This paper has analyzed Real Contracts in Roman law and their development in positive
law in Kosovo  with particular emphasis on loan contracts. Real contracts have been analyzed
analytically - their types and importance focusing on the review of the loan contract, the
characteristics, rights and obligations of the contracting parties - lenders and borrowers. The focus has
been put on the specific consideration of this very important contract for the economy of Kosovo. The
key significance of these contracts is that they enter the ranks of the oldest legal contracts. The legal
rules for the loan contract have been recognized since Roman law. This contract in Roman law was a
real contract, a feature that has remained until the contemporary law but with few changes. The legal
rules for this contract are found in the Law of Hammurabi which recognizes the loan in cash with
interest and without interest. The loan, or mutuum, is the oldest and most important real contract of
Roman  law. As an unprotected legal relationship has existed since ancient times and relied on the
friendly giving of a certain amount of replaceable and consumable items to the debtor's property, who
committed to return the same amount of the same items to the creditor after the contracted deadline.
The review was conducted based first of all on Roman Law and then focus shifted to the national
legislation of the Republic of Kosovo, which is currently in force, but often focusing on the problems
that exist in our practice. The loan contract is of particular importance in legal circulation considering
its purpose, whereby the lender's good intentions towards the borrower prevail. The loan contract
(mutuum) in the positive law of Kosovo is regulated by the Law on Obligations, 2012.

Keywords:  Real contract; Roman law; loan contracts (mutuum); positive law; Kosovo.



' LLM.  Faculty of Law, Department of Contract and Commercial Law,  University of Prishtina,
Kosovo, Address: Str. Agim Ramadani, 10 000 Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo, Tel: +381 38 229
063, Fax: +381 38 229 744, Corresponding author: drendauti@gmail.com.

                                                        AUDJ,  Vol. 17, No. 1/2021, pp. 7-23

                                                                                        7

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most