Grands adolescents et jeunes adultes en droit prive
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Abstract EN:
As a rule in order to treat the capacity or incapacity of individuals, law separates them in people who have came of age and minors. As a minor the subject is juridically incapable. As a person of age he is capable of all the acts of civil life. He may legitimately commit himself to a thirst party and answer for his acts. But is the separation between people of full age and minors absolute ? to remedy the anachronism of this principle, the legislator turns to exceptions. At times the attributes parts of capacity or just simply an anticipated majority when the subject hasn't yet reached 18, age of his majority ; at others he extends minority or some of its aspects when the subject has reached majority. Would these exceptions allow to presume the existence of an intermediate class between child hood and adult hood which would include young people from (15) 16 to 21 ? the link between older youngsters (15) 16, 17) and young adults (18 to 21) in certainly adolescence. But nothing allows to assert that adolescence, which is social historical reality, is or soon will become a juridical reality.
Abstract FR:
En principe, pour traiter de la capacite ou de l'incapacite des individus, le droit positif les separe en mineurs et majeurs. Mineur, le sujet est juridiquement incapable ; majeur il est capable de tous les actes de la vie civile. Il peut valablement s'engager a l'egard des tiers et repondre de ses actes. Mais la separation en mineurs et majeurs est-elle absolue ? pour remedier a l'anachronisme de ce principe, le legislateur recours a des exceptions. Tantot, il attribue des fragments de capacite ou tout simplement une majorite anticipee lorsque le sujet n'a pas encore atteint la dix-huitieme annee. Age de la majorite : tantot il prolonge la minorite ou certains de ses aspects lorsque le sujet est majeur. Ces exceptions laisseraient-elles presumer l'existence d'une classe intermediaire entre l'enfance et l'age adulte qui comprendrait les jeunes de (15) 16 a 21 ans ? il est certain que le trait d'union entre grands adolescents (15) 16, 17 ans) et jeunes adultes (18 a 21 ans) est l'adolescence. Mais rien ne permet d'affirmer que l'adolescence, realite socio-historique, est ou deviendra bientot une ralite juridique.