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FORCE MAJEURE-A CONTRACT CLAUSE EXEMPTING PARTIES FROM CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY
FORCE MAJEURE-A CONTRACT CLAUSE EXEMPTING PARTIES FROM CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY

Author(s): Viorel Terzea
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law
Published by: C.H. Beck Publishing House - Romania
Keywords: force majeure; contractual liability; damages; causal link.

Summary/Abstract: The creditor is entitled to damages in the event of unjustified or culpable nonperformance of the contract, as the case may be. A debtor invoking force majeure maybe exempt from the contractual liability provided that the respective fortuitous event isin an exclusive causal link with the non fulfilment of contract obligations.The present study analyzes the requirements imposed by the law for an event tobe considered a case of force majeure, as well as the effects gen erated by the occurenceof the said fortuitous event.

  • Issue Year: 12/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 194-210
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English