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2010

Contract Law

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Hacia Una Teoría General Sobre Las Alternativas Contractuales Al Testamento, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco Jun 2010

Hacia Una Teoría General Sobre Las Alternativas Contractuales Al Testamento, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

El derecho sucesorio es una rama del Derecho que, al menos desde la perspectiva del operador peruano, se considera profundamente vinculada con la tradición y, por ende, casi inmutable. Si bien la influencia de la tradición resulta innegable, al propio tiempo se debe subrayar el profundo cuestionamiento del cual han sido objetos muchas de las teorías y doctrinas que componen el área del derecho de sucesiones. La irrupción de mecanismos contractuales en la praxis profesional y en las construcciones doctrinales relacionadas con el planeamiento sucesorio ha provocado una revolución de la que es necesario rendir un breve recuento.

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Contributory Negligence And Mitigation: Shall The Two Walk Together?, Dr. Yehuda Adar Jan 2010

Contributory Negligence And Mitigation: Shall The Two Walk Together?, Dr. Yehuda Adar

Yehuda Adar Dr.

-This Article is in Hebrew-

This paper discusses and critically examines the close interrelations of two of the main defences to liability in damages for torts and breach of contract. After a careful analysis of the various similarities between the doctrines of contributory (or comparative) negligence and mitigation of damages, and the basic difference between the two, the article reaches the conclusion that there is no justification for the ongoing existence of the mitigation doctrine. It should be abolished, and the doctrine of comparative negligence should be adopted across the board in both tort law and contract law.

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Country Report: Italy, Francesca Fiorentini Prof. Jan 2010

Country Report: Italy, Francesca Fiorentini Prof.

Francesca Fiorentini Prof.

No abstract provided.

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Right To Withhold Performance Under Iberoamerican Law, Edgardo Muñoz Dec 2009

Right To Withhold Performance Under Iberoamerican Law, Edgardo Muñoz

Edgardo Muñoz

Modern practice shows that the most efficient remedies for breach of contract are still those that avoid the unnecessary transfer of assets among the parties. Thus, for example, the right to withhold performance protects one party from incurring unnecessary loss caused by performing his own obligation without receiving the counter-performance from the other party, likewise, the right to avoid the contract, even before the time of performance, if it becomes apparent that one of the parties will not duly fulfil his obligations, prevents expenses in an unnecessary continuation of a contract. As these remedies evidently oppose the core pacta sun …

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Impossibility, Hardship And Exemption Under Iberoamerican Contract Law, Edgardo Muñoz Dec 2009

Impossibility, Hardship And Exemption Under Iberoamerican Contract Law, Edgardo Muñoz

Edgardo Muñoz

No abstract provided.

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