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Comparative Law Review

The Application of the Theory of Voluntary Assumption of Risk in Athletes’ Civil Liability: A Comparative Study in English, French and Iranian law

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Habibollah Rahimi 1
Hediyeh Nassiri 2
1 Associate Professor of the department of private law in the faculty of law and political science of Allameh Taba taba’i University,Tehran,Iran.
2 L.L.M in private law at the faculty of law and political science of Allameh Taba taba’i University,Tehran,Iran.
10.22059/jcl.2017.240325.633540
Abstract
The theory of voluntary assumption of risk is an often-quoted form of the roman legal maxim and it fully exonerates the defendant .The essential elements of the defence of volenti are the explicit or implicit consent of the victim to waive all claims for damages and also the fully awareness of the victim of all the risks involved, including both the nature and the extent of the risk. The theory has specific features in French sport cases and it is considered as a victim’s consent and a ‘’fait justificatif spécial’’. In this matter, a reform has occurred in French sport law recently. English and French jurists have different perspectives on the effect of this theory. In this paper we will specify comparatively the nature, theoretical basis, essential conditions and legal effect of volenti in sport cases (its main domain of application) by referring to relevant doctrines, codes and precedent in English and French civil liability. Then we will compare their results with the effect of similar legal institution in Iranian sports law.
Keywords
Ezn (permission)
Consent
Sports law
Volenti
civil liability
Subjects
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Comparative Law Review
Volume 9, Issue 1
Spring & Summer
April 2018
Pages 147-178