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Environmental Policy and Law (0378777X)49(2-3)pp. 167-174
Social Sciences (discontinued) (18185800)9(2)pp. 118-123
In 1928, the Iranian legal system was approached the Western and Roman-Germanic legal system formally, though it was coordinated with Islamic Law in content. There is no separate section under the tide of contract law in Iranian civil code but most of the legal Articles related to the contract law are listed in contracts and obligations from the article 183 onward. Articles 264-300 of civil code of Iran deal with the discharge of obligations. According to article 264, obligations can be discharged in one of the ways including fulfillment of obligation, cancellation by mutual consent, release from the obligation, substitution of different obligation, set off and recoupment and acquisition of the debt. This study, aims to identify the legal system and discharge of contractual obligations in the civil law of Iran. This research study is of library type and uses descriptive methodology. © Medwell Journals, 2014.
Asian Social Science (discontinued) (19112025)10(7)pp. 38-47
Discharge of contractual obligations is one of the most important issues in (Iranian) contract law, and Articles 264 to 300 of Iranian Civil Code are devoted to this issue. Inappropriate combination of Islamic Sharia with French law causes some ambiguities in Articles 264 to 300 of the Iranian Civil Code. Moreover, the Iranian legislator has not offered definitions for some factors of discharge of obligations such as fulfilment of obligation, substitution of the obligation, and set off and recoupment. The Iranian legislator has not even mentioned on what basis it has obtained the present categorization for six factors of discharge of obligations, namely: fulfillment of obligation, cancellation of a contract by mutual consent, release from obligation, substitution of a different obligation, offset and recoupment and by acquisition of the debt. This paper exclusively aims to examine, criticize and discuss the problems arising from the Article 264 of the Iranian Civil Code. In this study, the data gathered is of the library type and the research method is both analytical and critical.
Social Sciences (discontinued) (18185800)9(3)pp. 163-172
Article 264 of the Iranian Civil Code dwells on the discharge of obligation. The objective of this study is to address the lacunae and ambiguities identified in the said article. Toward this end, the article proposes a new classification of the means for the discharge of obligation which is in tune with legal developments in a new world, as well as a set of definitions for five of the six means of discharge left undefined in Article 264. The article begins by interrogating the classification of the means of discharge of and obligation contained and in Article 264, the lack of suitable definitions and the French influence on the drafting of the said article. The article then outlines other possible means for the discharge of obligation not contained in article 264 but are only mentioned in passing in different parts of the Civil Code. Following this, an alternative classification of the means for the discharge of obligation, comprising both direct and indirect means, is offered. The study also draws upon the views of other Islamic commentators on the scope for the improvement of Article 264. This article is a library-based research and the method is analytic and critical. © Medwell Journals, 2014.
Social Sciences (discontinued) (18185800)8(6)pp. 618-627
The discharge of obligation is one of the most important legal issues to which special attention has been paid in both Iranian and Malaysian laws. Under Article 264 of the Iranian Civil Code, an obligation is discharged in one of the following ways: Fulfillment of the obligation, cancellation of agreement by mutual consent, release from obligation, substitution of a different obligation, set off and recoupment and acquisition of debt. In effect, Iranian legislation provides six modes of discharge of obligation. In Malaysian law on the other hand, an obligation is discharged through one of the following 4 ways: Performance, frustration, agreement and breach. With regard to form the Iranian Civil Code is dependent on a written legal system (the Roman-Germanic legal system) but in terms of content, it is influenced by Islamic law. By contrast, the Malaysian legal system is considerably influenced by an unwritten legal system (the common law). The task of this study is to examine and critique the modes of discharge of obligation under Iranian law in comparison with those under Malaysian law. The central goal is to remove the ambiguities and related problems observed in the Iranian law in order to give it greater efficacy. The research is a library-based type with a comparative analytic method. © Medwell Journals, 2013.
