Impact of Fundamental Human Rights on the contractual Freedom

Traditionally, fundamental human rights have not played a role in private law, particularly in contract law. These rights have originally been established to prevent state violation of individual rights. However, the occurrence of unequal contractual relations among individuals and its consequences have led to debates concerning the necessity of recourse to fundamental rights in order to protect freedom of contract. The nucleus canon is whether it is possible to grant a fundamental character to contractual freedoms to prevent any kind of abuse of formal freedom of contract principle. By conducting an analytical-descriptive research method, this article aims to discuss comparatively the role of fundamental rights in the field of freedom of contract. It can be concluded that recourse to fundamental rights in dealing with freedom of contract has resulted in emergence of a substantial notion of contractual freedom and even in some cases have attributed fundamental position and status to the principle of freedom of contract.