It is precisely the lack of consensus in the civil doctrine, which mostly assimilates interests as ‘civil fruits of capital’, which drew our attention to the study of the latest contributions of economic doctrine. In this work, through the dogmatic method, limited to a brief analysis for publication reasons, we intend to identify the meeting points between economic and legal doctrine about the concepts of interest and capital. Then, we will show some of the problems presented by the distinction between compensatory and moratorium interest in the peruvian Civil Code. Finally, we will conclude that the money-rate of interest is the one that must be applied to the payment for the disposition of the money capital whose determination obeys the rules of the free market.

It is precisely the lack of consensus in the civil doctrine, which mostly assimilates interests as ‘civil fruits of capital’, which drew our attention to the study of the latest contributions of economic doctrine. In this work, through the dogmatic method, limited to a brief analysis for publication reasons, we intend to identify the meeting points between economic and legal doctrine about the concepts of interest and capital. Then, we will show some of the problems presented by the distinction between compensatory and moratorium interest in the peruvian Civil Code. Finally, we will conclude that the money-rate of interest is the one that must be applied to the payment for the disposition of the money capital whose determination obeys the rules of the free market.

It is precisely the lack of consensus in the civil doctrine, which mostly assimilates interests as ‘civil fruits of capital’, which drew our attention to the study of the latest contributions of economic doctrine. In this work, through the dogmatic method, limited to a brief analysis for publication reasons, we intend to identify the meeting points between economic and legal doctrine about the concepts of interest and capital. Then, we will show some of the problems presented by the distinction between compensatory and moratorium interest in the peruvian Civil Code. Finally, we will conclude that the money-rate of interest is the one that must be applied to the payment for the disposition of the money capital whose determination obeys the rules of the free market.

Cuando las partes contratantes deciden realizar la cesión de créditos nos encontramos ante varios inconvenientes como son determinar: si mediante la cesión de créditos podemos transferir otros derechos, si estamos ante un acto de obligación o un acto de disposición, a quién debe preferirse en el caso de concurrencia de acreedores cuando se realiza más de una cesión sobre el mismo derecho, entre otros temas controversiales que trataremos en este trabajo. Si bien esta institución ha sido ampliamente tratada en la doctrina jurídica y sus fundamentos revisten singular importancia para nuestra sociedad, al igual que muchas de las instituciones del Código Civil peruano, los verdaderos alcances de la cesión de créditos resultan aún de difícil comprensión. A través de este estudio, doctrinario y legal, pretendemos mostrar algunas de las graves deficiencias que presenta esta ins...