Fortuitous Hardship in Public Construction Contracts

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dc.coverageDOI: 10.18601/01229893.n56.12
dc.creatorMattar, Jaime Arancibia
dc.date2023
dc.date.accessioned05-01-2026 18:20
dc.date.available05-01-2026 18:20
dc.description<p>This paper seeks to answer the question as to which party must assume the hardship caused by fortuitous events in public construction contracts. For this purpose, it is necessary to determine the mechanism for the restoration of the equilibrium lost due to this event, which makes it necessary to distinguish whether the specific regulations or the contract have regulated a compensation regime for such cost overruns. In such a case, as it is obvious, the contract must be followed. However, in the event of a normative or consensual omission on the matter, the doctrine of unforeseeability must be considered. In regard to this, Chilean administrative case law has rejected the application of that theory on the ground that it lacks statutory laws that provide for it. This paper is critical of that doctrine because such silence should be directly filled by the constitutional rule on distributive equality and, therefore, by the social duty to compensate any economic imbalance that cannot be imputed to the builder.</p>eng
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/5c04daef-3892-4d53-8e46-ce497302897b
dc.languagespa
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source(2023) nr.56 p.335-362
dc.subjectOnerousness fortuitous
dc.subjectcontract
dc.subjectfinancial imbalance
dc.subjectpublic works
dc.subjectOnerousness fortuitous
dc.subjectcontract
dc.subjectpublic works
dc.subjectfinancial imbalance
dc.subjectSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
dc.titleFortuitous Hardship in Public Construction Contractseng
dc.titleLa mayor onerosidad fortuita en el contrato de obra públicaspa
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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