Economic Duress: overview of Comparative Law

This paper explains how the notion of economic duress is understood in different legal regimes of Civil Law and Common Law. This way, the author first addresses the concept of economic duress from a restrictive sense (as a defect of consent) and, later, develops the concept from a wider perspective...

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Author: Cabrillac, Rémy
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:Perú
Institution:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repository:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/16549
Online Access:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/iusetveritas/article/view/16549
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Defects of Consent
Economic Duress
Undue Influence
Psychological Violence
Voidability
Nullity
Vicios del Consentimiento
Violencia Económica
Abuso de Influencia
Violencia Psicológica
Anulabilidad
Nulidad
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Summary:This paper explains how the notion of economic duress is understood in different legal regimes of Civil Law and Common Law. This way, the author first addresses the concept of economic duress from a restrictive sense (as a defect of consent) and, later, develops the concept from a wider perspective (taking into account an objective economic imbalance).