In this master’s thesis I shall present the legislation for lease agreements concluded based on the special Law for commercial properties, and shall compare this legislation with the general legal regulation of lease agreements concluded based on the Obligations Code. Law for commercial properties was recently terminated but it still applies for lease agreements concluded before the above-mentioned termination. I shall also include the different court rulings and cases, in order to evaluate some of the legal provisions which are mostly disputed between the parties who conclude a commercial lease agreement. I shall be particularly focused on the mandatory legal provisions included in the Law for commercial properties and shall evaluate them using the relevant court cases.
In the thesis, I shall also include similar legislation from foreign countries and compare it with the Law for commercial properties. I picked the countries from the former Yugoslavia (Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia) as these countries are coming from a similar social and legal environment. Especially with the above-mentioned comparison, I shall present some of the modern ways to legally regulate commercial lease agreements, as the Law for commercial properties has a relative long existence without any structural changes or amendments. As mentioned in the above paragraph, the Law for commercial premises was recently terminated without a new legislation which would legally regulate the commercial lease agreements. From 19th June 2021, commercial lease agreements are regulated only by the general Obligations Code.
The purpose of this master’s thesis is therefore mostly to present and evaluate the current legislation for commercial lease agreements in Republic of Slovenia. Due to a very specific subject of the lease (commercial building or commercial space), I shall try to evaluate the need for a specific legislation and present the advantages and disadvantages of such legislation. Since the subject of the commercial lease agreement is very specific, the legislation needs to provide certain solutions in order to ensure legal safety and equality of both contractual parties. Especially due to the recent termination of the Law for commercial properties, there shall
probably be a need to adopt a new and modern law which shall legally regulate commercial lease agreements in Republic of Slovenia.
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