Contract law and social morality [ebook] /

A concise and readable guide to reasoning about the source and content of contractual obligations when disagreements arise.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerhart, Peter M. (Author)
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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Online Access:http://ezp1.villanova.edu/login?url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/contract-law-and-social-morality/922313C994EEB176275DDE23EA6C5D0E
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : understanding implied obligations : reasoning and methodology
  • Individuals and relationships
  • Authority's limits
  • Promises and obligations
  • Maximization and cooperation
  • The foundations of value-balancing legal reasoning
  • The scope of obligations
  • The source of obligations
  • Relationality redux : law on the ground and law on the books
  • Legal enforceability : formation
  • Performance obligations : methodological issues
  • Performance obligations : the values-balancing approach
  • Consumer contracts and standard terms
  • Excused performance and risk allocation
  • Remedies.