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Promise And Private Law, Nathan B. Oman Sep 2019

Promise And Private Law, Nathan B. Oman

Nathan B. Oman

This essay was part of a symposium on the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Charles Fried's Contract as Promise and revisits Fried's theory in light of two developments in the private-law scholarship: the rise of corrective justice and civil-recourse theories. The structural features that motivate these theories-the bilateralism of damages and the private standing of plaintiffs-are both elements of the law of contracts that Contract as Promise sets out to explain. I begin with the issue of bilateralism. Remedies--in particular the defense of expectation damages--occupy much of Fried's attention in Contract as Promise, and he insists that this particular …

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Contrato, Operación Económica Y Equilibrio Contractual, Carlos Tamani May 2015

Contrato, Operación Económica Y Equilibrio Contractual, Carlos Tamani

Carlos Tamani

n el presente trabajo se cuestiona el criterio del análisis económico del derecho que sostiene la inutilidad de la excesiva onerosidad de la prestación y de la lesión, en razón de que los contratos son en sí desequilibrados, por lo que no son necesarias figuras legales que apunten a remediar tal desequilibrio. En opinión del autor, debe comprenderse de forma correcta la noción del equilibrio contractual, entendiéndose, al efecto, al contrato como una operación económica. En tal sentido, el equilibrio contractual no se identificaría con una equivalencia de prestaciones sin que exista un intercambio de prestaciones querido por ambas partes; …

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California Egg Toss - The High Costs Of Avoiding Unenforceable Surrogacy Contracts, Jennifer Jackson Apr 2014

California Egg Toss - The High Costs Of Avoiding Unenforceable Surrogacy Contracts, Jennifer Jackson

Jennifer Jackson

In an emotionally charged decision regarding surrogacy contracts, it is important to recognize the ramifications, costs, and policy. There are advantages to both “gestational carrier surrogacy” contracts and “traditional surrogacy” contracts. However, this paper focuses on the differences between these contracts using case law. Specifically, this paper will focus on the implications of California case law regarding surrogacy contracts. Cases such as Johnson v. Calvert and In Re Marriage of Moschetta provide a clear distinction between these contracts. This distinction will show that while gestational carrier surrogacy contracts are more expensive, public policy and court opinions will provide certainty and …

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California Egg Toss - The High Costs Of Avoiding Unenforceable Surrogacy Contracts, Jennifer Jackson Dec 2013

California Egg Toss - The High Costs Of Avoiding Unenforceable Surrogacy Contracts, Jennifer Jackson

Jennifer Jackson

In an emotionally charged decision regarding surrogacy contracts, it is important to recognize the ramifications, costs, and policy. There are advantages to both “gestational carrier surrogacy” contracts and “traditional surrogacy” contracts. However, this paper focuses on the differences between these contracts using case law. Specifically, this paper will focus on the implications of California case law regarding surrogacy contracts. Cases such as Johnson v. Calvert and In Re Marriage of Moschetta provide a clear distinction between these contracts. This distinction will show that while gestational carrier surrogacy contracts are more expensive, public policy and court opinions will provide certainty and …

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La Preconfiguración Del Contrato: Una Propuesta De Definición De Las Reglas Predeterminadas En El Derecho De Contratos, Daniel A. Monroy Jun 2013

La Preconfiguración Del Contrato: Una Propuesta De Definición De Las Reglas Predeterminadas En El Derecho De Contratos, Daniel A. Monroy

Daniel A Monroy C

This paper aims to propose an alternative definition of those contract rules called as suppletive rules (reglas supletivas), abstracting the “suppletive” function from these rules which scholars commonly has awarded to them, and instead replace it with the “default” characteristic of the rule (predeterminación) as the feature that could defines these rules. This feature is knotted to the chance to repeal the default rule through precepts of autonomy in certain legal situations according to a "hierarchy of values", as well as the binding strength of the rule in cases of absence of such a repeal.

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No Bonds But Those Freely Chosen: An Obituary For The Principle Of Forced Heirship In American Law, Vincent D. Rougeau Dec 2007

No Bonds But Those Freely Chosen: An Obituary For The Principle Of Forced Heirship In American Law, Vincent D. Rougeau

Vincent D. Rougeau

This article explains the history of forced heirship in Louisiana and describes the negative implications of its demise. Section IV outlines how the end of forced heirship reveals the changing values of Louisiana culture and views on the family.

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