Uticaj pandemije COVID-19 na ugovornu odgovornost
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Contractual Liability

Author(s): Katarina Jovičić, Slobodan Vukadinović
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Sociology of Law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Источном Сарајеву
Keywords: Covid-10; The contract; non-performance; Exemption from contractual liability; Vis major; Hardship;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this work is to, starting from global pandemic of COVID-19 virus which also affected the area of law, explore the impact of COVID-19 on contractual liability. Having in mind the principle pacta sunt servanda, exceptional circumstances that may release debtor from contractual liability are being examined. By applying historical-legal and comparative-legal research method, the common and recognizable situations and events are discussed which in different legal systems release debtor form contractual liability. The legislative techniques used in European-Continental and Anglo-Saxon legal system for regulation of this legal issue are indicated. In addition authors analyze the latest trends in comparative law that show the impact of COVID-19 on this issue, with aim to examine weather COVID-19 leads to exemption from contractual liability or not.

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