Probe Into Legal Questions Of Advertisement To Offer A Reward

Advertisement to offer a reward has been widely applied in many social spheres. However with regard to the legal questions in advertisement to offer a reward, there are great differences in theory and practice as the laws and regulations of our country in effect haven't definitely stipulated them. Basing itself upon judicial practice, by means of comparative method, historical analytical method, interests measurement method and economic analytical method, this paper makes a comprehensive study on legal questions in advertisement to offer a reward. Firstly, this paper systematically illustrates the concept, classification, and constitutive requirements of advertisement to offer a reward. Secondly, through comparing contract doctrine with separate conduct doctrine, they are two allegations on legal character of advertisement to offer a reward; the author holds contract doctrine shall be more rational and scientific. Thirdly, on the basis of contract doctrine, the paper holds high-class advertisement to offer a reward is in validity to be determined before the definition of assessment consequence; advertisement to offer a reward for lost property shall be fixed its legal validity after founder performs his informative obligation of public summons, obligation of report and obligation of storage; other kinds of advertisements to offer a reward shall be in force upon its announcement if no special circumstances. At last, the paper expounds such special legal questions in advertisement to offer a reward as indefinite remuneration, right to petition for remuneration of specific actor, advocate of actor's right of pleadings, the determination of boundary lines between lost property and forgotten property and the rescission of advertisement to offer a reward. In the whole paper, the author put forward related suggestions of legislation through the studyon legal questions in advertisement to offer a reward.