The excessive onerousness of performance in the context of COVID-19: forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors?

Authors

  • Juan Espinoza Espinoza Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-4571

    Abogado. Doctor en Derecho por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). Profesor de Derecho Civil en las Facultades de Derecho en la PUCP y en la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Miembro Correspondiente de la Academia de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de Córdoba.
    Contacto: jaespino@pucp.edu.pe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/themis.202401.018

Keywords:

Excessive onerousness of the performance, COVID-19, Civil Code, Irresistibility, Extraordinariness, Unforeseeability, Diligence, Fraud, Fault

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to offer a review on the excessive onerousness of the performance and the way in which this figure was affected by the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The author analyzes the different articles of the Peruvian Civil Code related to the subject and applies them to the Emergency and Supreme Decrees emitted in quarantine in order to elucidate if we were in an irresistible, extraordinary and unforeseeable situation to be able to invoke the excessive onerousness of the performance.

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Published

2024-10-17

How to Cite

Espinoza Espinoza, J. (2024). The excessive onerousness of performance in the context of COVID-19: forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors?. THEMIS Revista De Derecho, (85), 301–312. https://doi.org/10.18800/themis.202401.018

Issue

No. 85 (2024): 40° Aniversario del Código Civil

Section

Libro VII: Fuente De Las Obligaciones

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