20.500.12556/DKUM-96409 Rebus sic stantibus in the age of artificial intelligence the vital role of judicial discretion in contractual justice This article investigates how the principle of contractual justice - an unwritten yet fundamental source of private law - continues to operate in an era shaped by artificial intelligence (AI). Although pacta sunt servanda remains the cornerstone of contractual certainty, the doctrine of rebus sic stantibus functions as a corrective when radically changed circumstances would make strict performance inequitable. Recognised across all developed legal orders and recently codified in many, the authors analyse the doctrine in more than twenty European jurisdictions, with attention to convergences and doctrinal divergences. The study then turns to smart-contract technology and AI-driven automation, asking whether code-based execution can accommodate contractual justice or instead amplifies contractual rigidity. The authors conclude that automated decision-making can handle only quantifiable adjustments, whereas genuine fairness still requires case-sensitive judicial discretion grounded in unwritten principles. Even - and especially - in the age of AI, therefore, courts - and the normative resources of good faith, fairness and equity - remain indispensable safeguards of contractual balance. changed circumstances rebus sic stantibus unwritten law principle of contractual justice intelligent contracts artificial intelligence judicial discretion contract law true false false Angleški jezik Angleški jezik Neznano 2026-01-06 03:18:26 2026-01-07 11:11:02 2026-01-08 03:19:17 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 str. 47-62 iss. spec. Vol. 9 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-01-01 34:35 263382019 10.46282/blr.2025.9.Spec.1033 2644-6359 https://blr.flaw.uniba.sk/index.php/BLR/article/view/1033 0 fc638a02-eaa5-11f0-a407-00155d580e02 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=201782 Drnovsek.pdf Drnovsek.pdf 1 710244919611B46E8783212F9F39DBAC 3a58b1309aa6211f6ce49b77fa65a7353b0a356fb06762cb7e134a1ad4a2fdef 1fb46fa4-ebb1-11f0-beab-00155d580e02 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=201810 Pravna fakulteta 0 0 0