Contract as promise : a theory of contractual obligation /
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| Author / Creator: | Fried, Charles, 1935- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1981. |
| Description: | 162 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/435864 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The Life of Contract
- 2. Contract as Promise Promise The Moral Obligation of Promise What a Promise is Worth Remedies in and around the Promise
- 3. Consideration
- 4. 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
- 5. Gaps Mistake, Frustration, and Impossibility Letting the Loss Lie Where It Falls Parallels with General Legal Theory: An Excursion Filling the Gaps
- 6. Good Faith "Honesty in Fact" Good Faith in Performance
- 7. Duress and Unconscionability Duress Coercion and Rights Property Hard Bargains Unconscionability, Economic Duress, and Social Justice Bad Samaritans
- 8. The Importance of Being Right You Can Always Get Your Money Back Conditions Waivers, Forfeitures, Repudiations
- Notes
- Index