Liability for the substandard delivery performance: review of Russian and German legislation

Purpose: To produce detailed quality on revealing peculiarities of regulation of the concept of civil liability for the violation of contractor obligations in the Russian and German legislation. Methodology: Legalistic, comparative, historical and dialectical methods were used. Results: The analysis of civil regulation of responsibility for the substandard delivery performance under Russian and German law allows us to conclude that there are certain similarities that can be traced in the understanding of substandard delivery performance, the composition of the requirements that can be declared by the customer in connection with the violation of the conditions of quality, the grounds of responsibility for the improper quality of work performed. The differences are more specific and relate mainly to the question of the grounds for termination of the contract due to poor quality work. The possibility of releasing the contractor from liability for defects in work under the agreement of the parties, as well as taking into account the fault of the parties in the application of measures of responsibility for the improper quality of the result of work, are the key features of the legal regulation of the concept of responsibility for the quality of work performed by the contractor in both Russian and German legislation...