L’impatto della pandemia sui rapporti contrattuali: problemi e rimedi

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the global disaster caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted the existence of almost all of humanity. In addition, examine the significant limitations limitations on individual and collective freedoms to protect public health and, secondly, to mitigate as much as possible the impact of the pandemic on economic activities. The attention of the article focuses exclusively on the rules that impact on the general discipline of obligations and contracts. The essay deals with the institutions of contract law that are best suited to counteract the effects of the pandemic on contractual relationships, especially those long term. Particular attention is paid to the impossibility of performance, partial termination and renegotiation. In the second part, the essay analyzes the most significant case law on the management of contractual relationships affected by the effects of the pandemic.