June 13th, 2019, PhD Law student Tomas Chochrin defended his dissertation, "Unilateral Termination of Contracts as a Last Resort Self-Help Remedy."

The dissertation analysed 4 models of unilateral termination of contracts.

The former French model (judicial termination), the German model (Nachfrist), the English model (fundamental non-performance) and mixed model (soft law) were considered.

Also termination as a self-help remedy was analysed in comparison to other remedies for non-performance in contract law.

The role of good faith is emphasized when using unilateral termination as a self-help remedy.

Also the relationship between two different types (additional time for performance and fundamental non-performance) of unilateral termination is examined in detail. Criteria of fundamental on performance were closely analysed.

Emphasis is placed on negative consequences of breach of contract, rather than strict compliance with contractual performance.

New issues of modern contract law, such as termination of long-term relational contracts or termination of so called mixed-interrelated contracts, were also discussed.