The Legal Protection of the Small Retailer in the Shopping Center

The issue of the protection of the small retailers in shopping centers deserves to be addressed since those retailers do not always have the economical weight to negotiate their leases on an equal footing with their landlords. In Canada and France, this situation is not dealt the same way: where Can...

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Main Author: Benghoune, Sabrina
Other Authors: Niblett, Anthony
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42684
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Summary:The issue of the protection of the small retailers in shopping centers deserves to be addressed since those retailers do not always have the economical weight to negotiate their leases on an equal footing with their landlords. In Canada and France, this situation is not dealt the same way: where Canada relies on contractual freedom to balance the interests involved, France is very protective. This thesis aims to study and compare those two regimes and tries to determine whether small retailers need protection.