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86 Can. B. Rev. 1 (2007)

handle is hein.journals/canbarev86 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol.86 2007 No. 1 RETURN OF THE UNDEAD: FUNDAMENTAL BREACH DISINTERRED Richard F. Devlin* Despite the efforts of some judges and academics to eliminate fundamental breach from the corpus of Canadian contract law, a number of recent cases suggest that the doctrine continues to attract the imagination of a number of judges. In this paper the author considers three possible futures for fundamental breach: exorcism, substantiation and transubstantiation. He suggests that the third option is the most desirable and that the most coherent development of the law would be to incorporate fundamental breach into the emergent doctrine of good faith performance. Malgrd les efforts dedployds par certains juges et universitaires afin d'0iminer la doctrine de l'inexcution fondamentale du droit des contrats canadien, plusieurs dcisions rcentes indiquent que cette doctrine suscite toujours l'intdret d'un grand nombre de juges. Dans le prdsent article, l'auteur se penche sur trois possibilit'ds pour l'avenir de l'inexcution fondamentale : l'0imination, la clarification et 1'intdgration. Il avance que la troisi~me option est la plus inttressante et que l'int4dgration de la doctrine de l'inexcutionfondamentale dans une doctrine naissante, soit celle de 1'excution de bonne foi, ferait fvoluer le droit de la fagon la plus cohdrente. * Professor of Law and Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, Dalhousie Law School, University Research Professor, Dalhousie University. Thanks to Kate Darling and Stephanie Lane for their excellent research assistance and Vaughan Black, Meinhard Doelle, Chidi Oguamanam and an anonymous reviewer for their insightful constructive criticisms. THE CANADIAN BAR REVIEW LA REVUE DU BARREAU CANADIEN

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