A Brief Introduction to Third-Party Performance on Behalf of a Third Person

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jel.202514206

Author(s)

Lingxuan Hong

Affiliation(s)

School of Law, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Abstract

Article 524 of the Civil Code stipulates the system of performance by a third party, the conditions and legal effects of performance by a third party with legitimate interests, and provides a legal basis for dealing with cases of voluntary performance by a third party in practice. However, the nature of the provision itself, as well as the interpretation and application of space for further discussion. Article 30 of the Judicial Interpretation of the Codification of Contracts further typifies the third party with legitimate interests. This paper centers on the third person to perform for the system of the background and composition of the elements, “legal interest of the third party” of the specific types and the legal effect of the system, in order to analyze the system, in order to outline the third person to perform for the system of the basic system.

Keywords

Third Party; Performance on Behalf of the third Party; Legal Interest; Civil Code; Judicial Interpretation of Contract

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