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도급계약에서 하자담보책임과 채무불이행책임의 조화와 중용 - 대법원 2020.6.11. 선고 2020다201156판결에 대한 고찰 -

The Harmony and Moderation of Between Defect Liability and Default Liability in the Construction Contract

  • 안상효 (디엘 이앤씨 플랜트계약지원팀, 광운대학교 건설법무학과) ;
  • 신만중 (광운대학교 법학부)
  • Ahn, Sanghyo (Plant Contract Management Team DL E&C, Department of Construction Law, Kwangwoon University) ;
  • Sin, Manjoong (Department of Law, Kwangwoon University)
  • 투고 : 2022.01.14
  • 심사 : 2022.02.07
  • 발행 : 2022.03.31

초록

2020년 6월 11일 대법원은 대상 사건에 대해 계약특수조건에서 정한 하자보수 보증기간이 지났다고 하더라도 원고가 피고에게 불완전이행으로 인한 채무불이행책임을 주장할 수 있다는 원심의 판단을 정당하다고 판결하였다. 그러나 우리나라 민법학에서 하자담보책임에 대한 제척기간과 채무불이행책임에 대한 소멸시효의 경합이 인정되고, 제척기간과 소멸시효는 법리상 각각의 목적을 가지고 있으므로, 이 둘은 상호 연관 관계에 있음을 전제로 조화롭게 중용하여 판단되어야 한다. 대상 판결이 일반화될 경우 도급계약에서의 하자담보책임에 관한 약정은 더이상 존재할 이유가 없다. 본 연구는 하자담보책임과 채무불이행책임에 대한 일반론 및 선행판례 연구를 통해 대상 판결을 고찰하고, 대상 판결이 일반화될 경우 발생 가능한 문제점 도출하였다. 또한 현실적인 모델을 바탕으로 실무적 개선방안으로 도급계약 약정상 하자담보책임기간의 현실화하고 그 성격의 규정을 명문화할 것을 제시하였다.

On 11 June 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that the judgment of the lower court was justified for the subject case, that the plaintiff could assert the defendant's liability for default due to incomplete performance even though the warranty period for defects which stipulated in the particular condition of the contract has expired. In Korean civil law, the concurrent between the exclusion period for defect warranty and the extinctive prescription for default liability is conceded, since the exclusion period and the extinctive prescription have their respective purposes in law, therefore these two should be judged by harmonizing them based on that they are mutually related. If the subject judgment is generalized, there is no reason to exist for the provisions of defect liability in the construction contract any longer. This study examines the subject judgments through the general theory and precedent case studies on the defect liability and default liability, then derived any problems that may arise if the subject judgment is generalized. In addition, based on a realistic model, it was suggested for a practical improvement method that both the provisions of the warranty period shall be changed realistic and to stipulate the character of its nature as written provisions in the contract.

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본 연구는 2021년도 광운대학교 교내연구비로 수행되었습니다.

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