University of Tehran Law Quarterly 2588-5618 48 4 2018 12 22 LEGAL NATURE OF "PROMISE TO FULFILL" NATURAL OBLIGATIONS LEGAL NATURE OF "PROMISE TO FULFILL" NATURAL OBLIGATIONS 625 643 69539 10.22059/jlq.2018.238312.1006920 FA Nahid Javanmoradi Assistant Professor of Private Law, Allameh Tabatabai University, Iran Journal Article 2017 08 01 Binding to execute an obligation is a kind of contractual obligation, which is submitted to the general terms and conditions of validity of a legal agreement. However, the question is to know whether the simple promise of completion of a natural obligation could make it enforceable by debtor’s unique will, or creditor’s consent is also necessary. Doctrinal and jurisdictional interpretations in this matter are quite different from each other. Some consider it as a new legal agreement to fulfill a moral duty. While the others think that it is not, but a simple avowal to confirm a moral obligation. Still some jurists believe that the new agreement is a substitution of a new legal contract for an existing natural obligation. Binding to execute an obligation is a kind of contractual obligation, which is submitted to the general terms and conditions of validity of a legal agreement. However, the question is to know whether the simple promise of completion of a natural obligation could make it enforceable by debtor’s unique will, or creditor’s consent is also necessary. Doctrinal and jurisdictional interpretations in this matter are quite different from each other. Some consider it as a new legal agreement to fulfill a moral duty. While the others think that it is not, but a simple avowal to confirm a moral obligation. Still some jurists believe that the new agreement is a substitution of a new legal contract for an existing natural obligation. https://jlq.ut.ac.ir/article_69539_1b90896ee58757c7111c660540c7b4c9.pdf