esmaiel nematollahi; Iman Dehghani Dehaj
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In most of the legal systems, the non-breaching party has numerous ways to deal with the breach and its resulting compensation. An important question raised in this case is whether the non-breaching party can choose between the related remedies and select the one which is more beneficial for him. There ...
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In most of the legal systems, the non-breaching party has numerous ways to deal with the breach and its resulting compensation. An important question raised in this case is whether the non-breaching party can choose between the related remedies and select the one which is more beneficial for him. There is a doctrine in American law, known as doctrine of election of remedies, based on which a person not only can but is required to choose one of the available remedies. According to this doctrine, election of a remedy can be final, binding and inalienable, even if, it does not supported by consideration or is not by deed, or even is not relied by the other part. Notwithstanding its precedent in American law, this doctrine has been criticized over the history. Contradictions with justice, differences in judicial procedures, principle of the accumulation of remedies and their changeability as well as lack of independence are among the criticisms. As regards the Imamiyah jurisprudence and Iranian law, it should be stated that on one hand some of the results of the aforementioned doctrine are obtained by similar institutions and foundations, and accordingly there is no need for the doctrine. On the other hand, some of the other results of the doctrine are rejected by the Iranian law and are not acceptable.
Seyed Hassan shobeiri; Abdulkhaleq Qasemi
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According to Afghan law, the Islamic jurisprudence and international instruments on law of contracts the non-performing party has to compensate the losses of the aggrieved party in a way that if the contract had been performed properly, he would be in such a situation. Therefore, despite the well-known ...
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According to Afghan law, the Islamic jurisprudence and international instruments on law of contracts the non-performing party has to compensate the losses of the aggrieved party in a way that if the contract had been performed properly, he would be in such a situation. Therefore, despite the well-known disagreement of the jurists, the aggrieved party can claim loss of profit, provided that it is not fictitious and be principally receivable. Similarly, the spiritual damage, in spite of some disagreements in Islamic jurisprudence and international instruments, is supposed to be payable and transferable to other persons. Damage of delay payment, despite the controversy in the Islamic jurisprudence as a result of the depreciation of the value of the money, is claimable and in Afghanistan's law is limited to three percent of the total annual debt. Albeit, when obliging of the non-performing party for compensating of the loss is possible that the damage resulting from the breach of contract is definitive, arising from the breach of the contract, and be foreseeable at the time of the conclusion of the contract, and in Afghanistan's law, the performance by the obligee has been made.
Hedayatollah Soltaninezhad
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Abstract The purpose of forming a contract is realizing the joint volition and fulfilling of its consequent obligations. In the event of a breach, in the Romano-Germanic system of law, Iran and some other countries, the obligation of the covenantor to fulfill the specific performance has been recognized ...
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Abstract The purpose of forming a contract is realizing the joint volition and fulfilling of its consequent obligations. In the event of a breach, in the Romano-Germanic system of law, Iran and some other countries, the obligation of the covenantor to fulfill the specific performance has been recognized as a fundamental principle and the covenantee, only in the case of the impossibility of obliging the covenantor, can take action to terminate the contract and claim for damages. In Common Law, obliging to specific performance is accepted as an exception and only in certain cases. In this article, the right to choose the most appropriate means of achieving the contractual purpose and securing the covenantee's interests including the request to specific performance or termination of the contract or claim for damages, or changing or replacing the obligation are preferred in terms of basis and economic efficiency. As in the new international instruments such as the Principles of International Trade Contracts (2016), the Principles of European Contract Law, the draft Common European Sales Law, the Civil Code of France (2016), the Civil Code of the Netherlands and Germany and the UK Consumer Rights Act (2015), the right and freedom of the beneficiary to choose the method for confronting the breach of the contract and remedy are accepted. The obligation to specific performance, whether being accepted as a principle, or an exception or a power, may be subject to two categories of barriers and restrictions arising from the status and nature of the obligation or circumstances after the conclusion of the contract.
Esmail Nematollahi
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Breach of contract, by way of non-performance, delay in performance, delivery of defective goods and so on, is a common phenomenon and various legal systems have developed several remedies to deal with it. In common law systems, the first and foremost remedy is damages or money awards and, order for ...
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Breach of contract, by way of non-performance, delay in performance, delivery of defective goods and so on, is a common phenomenon and various legal systems have developed several remedies to deal with it. In common law systems, the first and foremost remedy is damages or money awards and, order for specific performance of contract is an ancillary and exceptional remedy. The most common damages in these systems consists of expectation damages which aims at placing the injured party in the position he would have been in, had the contract been duly performed. In other words, by giving a sum of money, the law tries to meet the expectations of the injured party as much as possible. After explanation of such aspects of the expectation damages as concept, bases, elements, criterion and methods of compensation, this Article endeavors to give a brief account of this damages in Islamic jurisprudence as well as Iranian law.