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Restitution, Compensation, Accumulation Of Remedies And Freedom Of Contract (An Analysis Of Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 4630/04, Rendered 13.12.2006), Dr. Yehuda Adar, Dr. Moshe Gelbard Jan 2011

Restitution, Compensation, Accumulation Of Remedies And Freedom Of Contract (An Analysis Of Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 4630/04, Rendered 13.12.2006), Dr. Yehuda Adar, Dr. Moshe Gelbard

Yehuda Adar Dr.

- This article is in Hebrew- This article examines focal issues in the law of remedies, in light of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Kanyonin Nechasim uVinyan Ltd. v. Beney Ya'acov (2006). The case involved a contract for the sale of land. The contract empowered the seller, in case of termination following a fundamental breach by the buyer, to keep certain amounts of money paid under the contract and, in addition, to demand liquidated damages for the same breach. The main issue concerned the right of the seller, who terminated the contract and regained possession of the …


The Role Of Remedies In The Relational Theory Of Contract: A Preliminary Inquiry, Dr. Yehuda Adar, Dr. Moshe Gelbard Dec 2010

The Role Of Remedies In The Relational Theory Of Contract: A Preliminary Inquiry, Dr. Yehuda Adar, Dr. Moshe Gelbard

Yehuda Adar Dr.

One of the leading contemporary theories of contract law is the relational theory. Notwithstanding its remarkable development since the foundational works of Macaulay and Macneil it would seem reasonably fair to maintain that this body of literature has generally neglected the discussion of legal remedies. Scholarly literature pertaining to the relational theory has typically focused on extra-legal or informal devices for the regulation of long-term contractual relations, such as: consensual adjustment of primary contractual arrangements in light of changing circumstances, informal incentives for performance and cooperation, the tendency to abstain from relying on formal rights and duties, and the frequent …