Convergence of the Contract Law of Ukraine and EU Member States

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyse the modern contract law of Ukraine, which requires convergence with the provisions of the contract law of the countries of the European Community. The paper uses general scientific and special legal methods of scientific knowledge of private-law relations. The leading method of investigation of this issue is the modelling technique. In general, the issues of contractual regulation of private-law relations both in European Union law and in Ukraine are primarily addressed in terms of enhancing the role of the contract and shifting the emphasis from the statutory to individual regulation; strengthening the tendencies of the better legal protection of the interests of the weak side of the contractual obligation. Attention is drawn to the necessity of the introduction of a European methodology of binding law, which is reflected in the need for a combination of new and already known effective legal structures.