According to the hermeneutics of civil law, what article 51 of the Chinese Contract Law provides is the uncertainty of the legal effect of contract of sale, rather than the uncertainty of the legal effect of non-juristic act of right in rem. A contract of sale can contain intention that may result in the change of real right. The right of disposal should be interpreted as the capability of disposal.It may affect the effect of the contract of sale and its scope of application is not necessarily limited to the sale of specific goods. The four reasons put forward in support of ex right disposition are insufficient and questionable. Article 51 of the Contract dovetails very well with articles 52 and 54 and its relation with article 150 may be coordinated according to the principle of "special law derogates general law". |