De Krachtlijnen Van Het Appartementsrecht Getoetst (Evaluating the Major Principles of the New Belgian Appartment Law 2010)

Verbeke, Alain-Laurent

De Krachtlijnen Van Het Appartementsrecht Getoetst (Evaluating the Major Principles of the New Belgian Appartment Law 2010)

HET NIEUWE APPARTEMENTSRECHT: EEN ANALYSE VAN DE HERVORMING DOOR DE WET VAN 2 JUNI 2010, pp. 127-144, V. Sagaert & A.-L. Verbeke, eds., Brugge, Die Keure, 2010

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Alain-Laurent Verbeke

KU Leuven - Faculty of Law; Harvard Law School; KU Leuven - Faculty of Psychology; Tilburg Law School

Date Written: September 16, 2010

Abstract

In this article I evaluate the new Belgian Appartment Act according to the principles I have proposed in an earlier publication in TBO 2008, 172-176: solidarity, transparance and information, pragmatism. My conclusion is that the new law offers good solutions for most of the problems. I argue however that the new law is envisaging too exclusively the large appartment complexes without taking into account sufficiently the practical issues for small buildings. I therefore urge the legislator to create more reasonable exceptions to some of the rules for small builings. Hence, in my view there should be an appartment law with two speeds. One with the full legislative framework for larger buildings, and one downsized for small buildings.

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Keywords: Appartment Law, Property Law, Contract Law

JEL Classification: K11, K12

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Verbeke, Alain-Laurent P. G., De Krachtlijnen Van Het Appartementsrecht Getoetst (Evaluating the Major Principles of the New Belgian Appartment Law 2010) (September 16, 2010). HET NIEUWE APPARTEMENTSRECHT: EEN ANALYSE VAN DE HERVORMING DOOR DE WET VAN 2 JUNI 2010, pp. 127-144, V. Sagaert & A.-L. Verbeke, eds., Brugge, Die Keure, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1788066