This article challenges the orthodox explanation of the normative connection between contracting parties: The promisee is regarded as having a superior position vis-à-vis the promisor, a position manifesting itself in the promisee's authority or control over the promisor's performance, and supported, in particular, by the promisee's supposed power, or at least some sort of ability falling short of a normative power, to “waive” the promisor's duty of performance. The article demonstrates that this explanation is rooted in a one-sided, and ultimately wrong, understanding of correlativity in contractual relations and suggests a better understanding, one truly capable of accounting for contractual bilaterality.

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（误）理解合同关系中的相关性

本文对缔约方之间规范联系的正统解释提出了挑战：受诺人被视为相对于承诺人具有优越地位，这种地位体现在受诺人对承诺人履约的权力或控制，并支持，特别是，通过受诺人假定的权力，或者至少是某种不符合规范权力的能力，“放弃”承诺人的履约义务。文章表明，这一解释植根于对合同关系相关性的片面且最终错误的理解，并提出了一种更好的理解，一种真正能够解释合同双边性的理解。