Precontractual Liability in Relation to State Contracts

This document studies the liability that arise to parties who have frustrated contractual negotiations due to their absence/omission, actions, or otherwise excessive or negative gesturing that can be damaging to the negotiation process in the pre-contractual stage. In relation to this, an attempt will be made to answer the following important questions: where is the pre-contractual liability of the State located? What is the basis of such responsibility? Finally, and perhaps most importantly, where does the pre-contractual liability of public administrations begin and where exactly does it end? To answer these questions, the historical antecedents of this liability will need to be reviewed, from the foundations upwards, as well as its' radius of action in specific situations of pre-contractual liability, in which public administrations are involved.