The basis of the Severability of Contracts in Iranian Law

Continuance and performance of a contract is important in Iranian law, and legislator in Iran has emphasized on it in several cases. Though complete performance is the aim of concluding a contract, when for any reasons it is not possible and some part of conclusion is not performed, the necessity of...

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Main Authors: Habibollah Rahimi, Zohreh Karimi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2011-12-01
Series:Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Khuṣūṣī
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Online Access:https://jplr.atu.ac.ir/article_2231_8c7468a71dfbd7ba2f20b95224fa5ad8.pdf
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Summary:Continuance and performance of a contract is important in Iranian law, and legislator in Iran has emphasized on it in several cases. Though complete performance is the aim of concluding a contract, when for any reasons it is not possible and some part of conclusion is not performed, the necessity of severance of a contract come into existence. The principle of severability of contracts prevents termination of a contract as a whole, in the case of partial breach or non-performance. Thus whenan abstraction is occurred on the way of complete performance, partial performance of a contract is better than termination of the contract as a whole. This rule is the result of the principle of severability of a contract and for non-severability there should be legal or contractual reasons
ISSN:2345-3583
2476-6232