Annales de l’université d’Alger
Volume 34, Numéro 3, Pages 738-749
2020-07-15

Covid-19: Is It A Force Majeure Event?

Authors : Taitous Fethi .

Abstract

This research paper is aiming to state whether COVID-19 is a Force Majeure Event or not and reviewing the general conditions which are applicated on the Force Majeure Event and introducing some concept about both Force Majeure Event and Corona virus disease. And finally shading a light on the impact of COVID-19 as a Force Majeure Event on the duties result from contract including the performance of the parties’ obligations. The main principle ideas about the Corona virus as well as the Force Majeure Event will be discussed through thought of experts and scholars those who wrote about my paper’s topic, and then we will have some ideas about the international trends about COVID-19 and its impact on the contract in general and the performance of contracts’ obligations in particular.

Keywords

COVID-19, Force Majeure, Event, General conditions, Execution, Contract.