'contract As Promise' Is A Study Of The Foundations And Structure Of Contract Law. It Has Both Theoretical And Pedagogic Purposes. It Moves From Trust To Promise To The Nuts And Bolts Of Contract Law. The Author Shows That Contract Law Has An Underlying Unifying Moral And Practical Structure. This Second Edition Retains The Original Text, And Includes A New Preface. It Also Includes A Lengthy Postscript That Takes Account Of Scholarly And Practical Developments In The Field Over The Last Thirty Years, Especially The Large And Rich Law And Economics Literature. Introduction : The Life Of Contract -- Contract As Promise -- Promise -- The Moral Obligation Of Promise -- What A Promise Is Worth -- Remedies In And Around The Promise -- Consideration -- Answering A Promise : Offer And Acceptance -- Promises And Vows -- Acceptance And The Law Of Third-party Beneficiaries -- The Simple Circuitry Of Offer And Acceptance -- Rejections, Counteroffers, Contracts At A Distance, Crossed Offers -- Reliance On An Offer -- Gaps -- Mistake, Frustration, And Impossibility -- Letting The Loss Lie Where It Falls -- Parallels With General Legal Theory : An Excursion -- Filling The Gaps -- Good Faith -- Honesty In Fact -- Good Faith In Performance -- Duress And Unconscionability -- Duress -- Coercion And Rights -- Property -- Hard Bargains -- Unconscionability, Economic Duress, And Social Justice -- Bad Samaritans -- The Importance Of Being Right -- You Can Always Get Your Money Back -- Conditions -- Waivers, Forfeitures, Repudiations. Charles Fried. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Categories:
- Law
- Legal Theory & Systems
- Jurisprudence
- Legal Theory & Systems
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Author : Fried, Charles
Language : English
Edition : 2nd Revised ed.
Published :2015-05-15
Number Of Pages : 224
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0190240164
ISBN-13 : 9780190240165
Item weight : 0.45 lb
Dimensions : 0.7 in x 5.5 in x 8.1 in
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