WILCHES-DURAN, Rafael E. PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE AND COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS IN COLOMBIAN LAW. OUTLINING THE PROBLEM. []. , 123, pp.283-313. ISSN 0041-9060.

This article is the first result of doctorate studies made by the author and it consists in the outlining of the research problem, with a first hypothesis that is still not developed in this paper. The author studies the difficulties of reconciling environmental and commercial law. To do so, he has chosen precautionary principle and commercial contracts, both in Colombian law, to demonstrate that the concept of collective damages is the key element to achieve that goal of harmonization.

: environmental law; commercial law; sustainable contracts; precautionary principle; principle of private autonomy; principle of relativity of contracts; principle of security of contracts; environmental dammage; ecological dammage; collective damage.

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