Capacity for Voluntary Limitation on Personality Rights in Macau Civil Law

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	Capacity for Voluntary Limitation on Personality Rights in Macau Civil Law
	NG KEI KEI
	2024-07
Source Publication	“Uma Viagem Jurídica Entre o Rio das Pérolas e a Pérola do índico - Publicação comemorativa dos 25 anos da Cooperação entre a Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (FDUEM) e a Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Macau (FDUM)”
Publisher	Inter Escolas Editores
Pages	69-93
Abstract	This paper aims to examine the subjective requirements for voluntary limitation on personality rights in Macau civil law (Article 69 paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Macau Civil Code). Regarding the consent given by the personality right holder, both the preliminary draft and the current provision adhere to the “theory of factual capacity of discernment” instead of the “theory of legal capacity to act”. However, while the preliminary draft considers “age of 18 years” and “discernment” as alternative requirements, the current provision treats them as cumulative requirements. This solution prevents people under the age of 14 from validly imposing voluntary limitations on personality rights of low importance in daily life, thereby prevents them from excluding the illegality of the counterparty’s act. This result may discourage others to interact with them, which is obviously harmful to them and contrary to the ratio iuris of protecting minors. Hence, Article 116 paragraph 1 (b) should apply analogously to dispositions of personality interests of minor importance to validate such limitations. Regarding the objection raised by the holder of personality right, the current law adopts the “theory of dual competence” (Theorie der Doppelzuständigkeit), granting veto right to those under the age of 14, thereby invalidating the consent given by the legal representative, in order to uphold their autonomy of personality.
Keyword	Voluntary LimitatiOn On persOnality Rights Minors Capacity To Act Macau Civil Law Discernment Theorie Der Doppelzuständigkeit
Funding Project	Research and Publication Project on Jurisprudence / Macau Positive law / Legal History
Language	英語English
ISBN	9783 4750 7365 483
Indexed By	其他
Document Type	Book chapter
Collection	DEPARTMENT OF MACAO LEGAL STUDIES
Affiliation	1.Department of Macao Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Macau 2.The Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Macau
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	NG KEI KEI. Capacity for Voluntary Limitation on Personality Rights in Macau Civil Law[M]. “Uma Viagem Jurídica Entre o Rio das Pérolas e a Pérola do índico - Publicação comemorativa dos 25 anos da Cooperação entre a Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (FDUEM) e a Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Macau (FDUM)”:Inter Escolas Editores, 2024, 69-93.
APA	NG KEI KEI.(2024). Capacity for Voluntary Limitation on Personality Rights in Macau Civil Law. “Uma Viagem Jurídica Entre o Rio das Pérolas e a Pérola do índico - Publicação comemorativa dos 25 anos da Cooperação entre a Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (FDUEM) e a Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Macau (FDUM)”, 69-93.

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