Lesson 1Contractual clauses relevant to disputes: limitation of liability, warranty, payment schedule, termination, and dispute resolution clausesThis part looks at main contract parts that cause fights in service deals, like limits on blame, promises, payment times, ending deals, and solving fights, and points out writing mistakes and what courts will accept.
Limitation and exclusion of liability clausesService warranties and conformity guaranteesPayment schedules, milestones, and late feesTermination clauses and notice proceduresJurisdiction, arbitration, and mediation clausesLesson 2Interpretation and terms: express clauses, implied obligations, contractual purpose, and performance timelinesThis part covers how French law reads contracts, looking at clear parts, unspoken duties, what the contract aims to do, and time for doing work, and shows how judges fix unclear parts in service deals.
Literal vs purposive interpretation methodsImplied obligations of cooperation and loyaltyDetermining contractual purpose in servicesTime of performance and reasonable deadlinesHandling ambiguous or conflicting clausesLesson 3Remedies for breach under the Civil Code: specific performance, price reduction (réduction du prix), termination, and damagesThis part tells about Civil Code fixes for breaking contracts, like making them do it exactly, lowering price (réduction du prix), ending it, and paying for harm, and explains how people pick, mix, or order these fixes in service fight cases.
Conditions for specific performance in servicesPrice reduction (réduction du prix) mechanicsTermination for breach and formal noticeCumulative or alternative use of remediesJudicial control and contractual limitationsLesson 4Non‑performance and breach: types of breach (delay, defective performance), anticipatory breach, partial performanceThis part explains not doing work under French law, telling apart late work, bad work, and part work, and brings in early break signs, what needs them, and how they change contract fixes you can get.
Simple delay and mise en demeure requirementsDefective performance and non-conformity analysisPartial performance and divisible obligationsAnticipatory breach and serious future defaultImpact of breach type on available remediesLesson 5Sources and hierarchy of French law: Code civil, jurisprudence, doctrine, Legifrance navigationThis part brings in main sources of French contract law, explains order between Code civil, court decisions, and teachings, and gives real tips on using Legifrance to find and read latest law stuff.
Role and structure of the Code civilPrecedent value of jurisprudence in practiceUse of doctrine and soft law materialsPublic policy rules and contractual freedomNavigating Legifrance for contract researchLesson 6Obligations of the service provider and client: diligence, information, conformity, and resultant obligationsThis part looks at duties of service givers and takers, like careful work, sharing info, matching what was agreed, and end results, and explains how these duties shape blame and project handling.
Obligation of means vs obligation of resultDuty to inform, advise, and warn the clientClient cooperation and content provisionConformity of services to agreed specificationsAllocation of risk and shared responsibilitiesLesson 7Calculation of damages: principles (loss causation, foreseeability, mitigation), compensatory vs. penal clauses, liquidated damagesThis part explains how to work out harm money in French contract law, covering cause of loss, what could be seen coming, lessening harm, and difference between fix money, punishment parts, and set harm amounts in service contracts.
Causation and proof of contractual lossForeseeability and limitation of recoverable lossDuty to mitigate and client cooperationPenalty and liquidated damages clausesLoss of chance and loss of profit claimsLesson 8Application of general rules to digital and web development services: performance standards, acceptance testing, and professional obligations of a freelance developerThis part puts general contract rules on digital and web development services, covering work standards, check tests, what to give, and duties and blame risks for freelance web makers.
Defining scope, deliverables, and milestonesIndustry standards and best-effort obligationsAcceptance testing, bugs, and correction periodsChange requests, agile methods, and variationsFreelancer professional liability and insuranceLesson 9Formation of contracts under French law: offer, acceptance, consent, capacity, and written requirementsThis part shows rules for starting contracts under French law, like offer, agree, real agree, ability, and write needs, with examples for service and freelance web deals.
Valid offer and withdrawal conditionsAcceptance, silence, and electronic consentCapacity of companies and individualsVitiated consent: error, fraud, duressWritten form, e-signatures, and evidence
