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General Considerations

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  1. Which is a category of damages listed in Article 2197?
  2. Does the damages title exclude every special damages provision elsewhere in the Code?
  3. For good-faith breach of contract, what damages scope does Article 2201 generally use?
  4. A claimant proves a breach and asks for all six Article 2197 categories automatically, without establishing their disti…
  5. In a quasi-delict, the defendant argues that natural and probable injury is unrecoverable solely because the defendant …
  6. An obligor’s contractual nonperformance is proved fraudulent and in bad faith. The obligor insists that only the narrow…
  7. A civil court considers a quasi-delict injury and is asked to copy a fixed criminal-case damages schedule without ident…
  8. Explain why the six Article 2197 categories are not six automatic awards in every successful action.
  9. Distinguish the Article 2201 rules for good-faith and bad-faith contractual nonperformance.
  10. Explain why special damages rules must be checked before applying a general formula.
  11. Article2195 applies the damages title respectively to which obligations?
  12. Under Article2198, general-law damages principles are adopted subject to what qualification?