СООТНОШЕНИЕ ПРАВОВЫХ КОНСТРУКЦИЙ ПРЕДВАРИТЕЛЬНОГО ДОГОВОРА И ОПЦИОНА НА ЗАКЛЮЧЕНИЕ ДОГОВОРА: АНАЛИЗ ТЕОРИИ И СИСТЕМНОСТИ ПРАВОПРИМЕНИТЕЛЬНОЙ ПРАКТИКИ

Abstract

In this article, based on the analysis of the current civil legislation, judicial practice and scientific literature, the problem of the correlation of a preliminary agreement with an option to conclude an agreement is considered. Their legal nature is analyzed, criteria for similarities and differences between the specified contractual structures are determined. The paper provides examples of cases of incorrect differentiation of a preliminary contract and an option to conclude a contract in practice, and also describes the features of their qualification as mixed contracts. The authors conclude that the design of a preliminary contract is different from an option to conclude a contract, despite some similarities. The necessity of legal delimitation of the specified contractual forms, as well as the inclusion of some mixed structures in the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which will allow to avoid their misuse by the law enforcement officer, is noted.