Contract as promise a theory of contractual obligation
Introduction : the life of contractContract 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 beneficia...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oxford u.a.
Oxford Univ. Press
2015
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| Ausgabe: | 2nd ed. |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : the life of contractContract 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIV, 202 S. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780190240165 978-0-19-024016-5 9780190240158 978-0-19-024015-8 |