Comparative Study of Loss of Use in the United-States and Iranian Legal Systems

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Shahid Beheshti University

2 PhD Student in Private Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran

Abstract

One of the most important requirements for claiming damages is certainty of damages. In order to be able to claim a damage, it is not enough to speculate it, but it is necessary to determine damages with certainty. Loss of use is such damages the occurrence of which is certain but the amount of damage is uncertain. This kind of damage often occurs in civil responsibility and the case of accidents. In our legal system, despite its importance and extensive use, this kind of damage has not yet been analyzed by the legal authors. In this article seeks to introduce this damage with pros and cons of acceptability of it and also the most important differences between loss of use and loss of profit and the common methods of assessing and calculating of this damage. Findings of this research show that the acceptance of this damage is necessary to achieve the fundamental “principle of full compensation” in all legal systems and it does not seem to be a barrier for accepting it in our legal system, particularly based on the articles 328 & 331 of civil code.

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Jurisprudence and Islamic Law
Volume 12, Issue 24
September 2021
Pages 1-31

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