Damage Control Doctrine Based on Islamic Jurisprudence and Iranian Statute Law

Damage control doctrine requires the party incurring damages due to another party’s breach of contract or damaging action to take necessary measures to reduce damages or to prevent damage expansion. The most suitable doctrine justifying control doctrine in Islamic jurisprudence and consequently Iran's law is the well-known Jurisprudential doctrine of La Zarara wa La Zerar fi al-Islam “there is no detriment and detrimental act in Islam”. It is noteworthy that if the responsibility of damage control is not born on the petitioner or the person incurring damages, the result shall be damage to the respondent which is not acceptable based on the latter doctrine. Although this doctrine has not been explicitly accepted in Iranian Civil Code, principle 167 of the Constitution and jural and legal literature confirm it. Also, Iranian legislator has accepted La Zarar doctrine implicitly in some legal literature