Duty to Mitigate the Damage under Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D Student, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Under the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), the injured party as a result of a breach of contract shall take reasonable measures in order to reduce the damage, and if, while having the ability, he fails in this regard, it will not be compensated for the damages that can be avoided. Taking inadequate and unreasonable measures will have the same result. Also, the costs of reasonable measures incurred injured party in reducing of damage are also considered as damages resulting from breach of contract, even if these measures do not provide the desired result. Based on the "reasonableness" condition that is considered in relation to the injured party actions in order to reduce the damage, these measures should indicate a reasonable effort and cost less than possible damages. This article aims to explain the concept of duty to mitigate the damage and to investigate related issues in CISG.

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Private Law
Volume 15, Issue 2
Autumn & Winter
October 2018
Pages 283-299

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