The Nature of Contractual Indemnities

Promises by one party “to indemnify” or “to save harmless” another party take many different forms and appear in many different kinds of contracts. It is clear, however, that not all indemnities possess identical characteristics. So what, then, is the essential characteristic of a promise of indemnity? The article examines various types of indemnities and argues that the defining quality of an indemnity is that it is a promise of exact protection

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Courtney, Wayne Benjamin
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Vertrag \| Contract \| Theorie \| Theory

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (18 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Journal of Contract Law, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 1-17, 2011 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments August 2, 2011 erstellt
Classification:	K10 - Basic Areas of Law. General ; K12 - Contract Law ; K30 - Other Substantive Areas of Law. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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