An Analysis of Crime as One of the Sources of Obligation in Iranian and French Law

In the French Civil Code, crime is one of the sources of obligations. With the commission of a crime, notwithstanding penal liability, obligations are created that are similar to civil obligations and have the same effects. Some of the French jurists think that pecuniary punishments also are similar to obligations. These punishments are penalty but another aspect of them is obligation that allows them to be analyzed in the law of obligations. This article examines crime from the point of view of the law of obligations in Iran and France.