反托拉斯法:契约的死亡还是契约的再生?——美国Stolt-Nielsen案之反思

由于公共政策对契约法对象的系统性掠夺,有些契约进入反托拉斯法域;由于公私法身份区别,契约在反托拉斯法域似乎已经死亡。这种死亡之象主要来自:契约理论导入反托拉斯法存在三大障碍、合意产生的不能及成文法的介入。拨开死亡假象之云雾,Stolt-Nielsen案不是契约在反托拉斯法域再生的契机,而是契约没有死亡的征兆及对合意保护的庄严宣言,可以说,承诺制度已成为反垄断纠纷解决的主要方式。伴随柔性执法方式的推广,契约在反托拉斯法域将发挥越来越重要的作用。

Anti-trust Law:the Death or the Resurrection of Contract——Restatement of Stolt-Nielsen V.United States

As the predatory effect of public policyon the subjects of the contracts,the contract is often deemed to be dead once it enters the antitrust law jurisdiction.due to the difference between the public law and the private law.The manifestations of the death phenomenon include the following: three obstacles to introduce contract theory to antitrust law;failure to create meeting of the minds;the intervention of statutes.Once there false images are dispersed,we can see that the Stolt-Nielsen case does not signif...