Legal Literacy - Understand the basics of contract law in civil law to maintain the validity and binding nature of your agreement. Learn the difference between agreements and contracts and the importance of the principle of freedom of contract in a legal context. Find information on civil lawsuits and the legal requirements of applicable agreements. Gain insights into stamps in agreements and the importance of adhering to the principle of consensualism. Improve your understanding of contract law with this article.

In everyday life, humans will never be separated from making contracts or agreements with other humans, especially those involved in business. Therefore, it is necessary for us to understand the basics of contract law in the context of civil law.

Definition of Civil Law

Civil law is a branch of law that regulates legal relations between individuals or legal entities with other individuals or legal entities. Civil law is also often referred to as private law or civil law.

Definition of Contract Law

Based on Article 1313 of the Civil Code, an agreement is defined as an agreement in which one or more people bind themselves to one or more other people. According to KRMT Tirtodiningrat, a contract is a legal act based on an agreement between two or more people to create legal consequences that can be enforced by law.

Here are some definitions of civil law according to legal experts:

  • Prof. Subekti: Civil law is all material private law in the form of basic law that regulates individual interests.
  • Prof. Sudikno Mertokusumo: Civil law is the whole set of regulations that studies the relationship between one individual and another, both in family relationships and in the wider community.
  • Sri Sudewi Masjchoen Sofwan: Civil law is the law that regulates the interests of individual citizens with one another.