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Mistake In Contract Law, Melvin A. Eisenberg
Mistake In Contract Law, Melvin A. Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
Develops the legal rules that should govern mistake in contract law on a functional basis. Types of mistake that are relevant in contract law on the basis of their character; Reasons of efficiency and morality that apply to cases in which a non-mistaken party knew or had reason to know that a payment was mistakenly made; Distinction between mistaken factual assumptions and evaluative mistakes.