{"id":6608,"date":"2017-02-07T14:53:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nove.ee\/?p=6608&lang=en"},"modified":"2017-02-07T15:18:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:18:03","slug":"noves-senior-associate-arsi-pavelts-defend-doctoral-thesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nove.ee\/en\/noves-senior-associate-arsi-pavelts-defend-doctoral-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"NOVE \u00b4 s senior associate Arsi Pavelts defended his doctoral thesis titled \u201eA claim for damages in lieu of performance based on the example of the buyer\u2019s rights.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dissertation is an extensive legal analysis on a claim for damages and system of legal remedies in Estonian <\/strong>law, comparing the regulation with German Civil Code (BGB), CISG, PECL and PICC. The author has presented a critical look at present Supreme Court practices as well as theoretical views taken in legal literature. As the result of the research, the author recommends a variety of approaches to amend and improve Estonian law of obligations act (LOA)\u00a0de lege ferenda<\/em>; if enacted, these changes would result in a more just and coherent regulation for claiming damages in Estonia.<\/p>\n

A claim for damages is an important, if not the most important, contractual remedy. Unlike the legal systems of most continental European countries, international conventions and model laws, the LOA differentiates between two types of claims for damages. The creditor may either claim compensation for damage together with or in lieu of performance from the debtor (\u00a7 115(1)). Although the LOA\u2019s notable \u00a7 115 will have soon been in force for fifteen years, it has not yet been the subject of extensive and dogmatic analysis in Estonian legal literature. Only some case law and a limited amount of theoretical literature have addressed simple damages claims (a claim for damages together with performance). With regard to the filing of a claim for damages in lieu of performance, however, it may be argued (with slight exaggeration) that not only has a claim for damages in lieu of performance not been studied, it is, to a large extent, an undiscovered area of legal study. The purpose of this dissertation is therefore to analyse the functionality, purpose and nature of the regulation of a claim for damages in lieu of performance specified in \u00a7 115 of the LOA. It furthermore examines ways of pursuing these objectives, conditions for asserting a claim, the content and consequences of a claim, and its relation to other remedies. A separate chapter is devoted to the buyer`s right to claim compensation for the difference in price.<\/p>\n

Supervisor:<\/strong>\u00a0Professor Karin Sein, University of Tartu.<\/p>\n

Opponents:<\/strong>\u00a0Professor Dr. Martin Schmidt-Kessel Bayreuth University. Docent, dr.iur<\/em>. Villu K\u00f5ve, Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia, Chairman of Civil Chamber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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