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Specific Performance: On Freedom And Commitment In Contract Law, Hanoch Dagan, Michael A. Heller
Specific Performance: On Freedom And Commitment In Contract Law, Hanoch Dagan, Michael A. Heller
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When should specific performance be available for breach of contract? This question — at the core of contract — divides common-law and civil-law jurisdictions and it has bedeviled generations of comparativists, along with legal economists, historians, and philosophers. Yet none of these disciplines has provided a persuasive answer. This Article provides a normatively attractive and conceptually coherent account, one grounded in respect for the autonomy of the promisor’s future self. Properly understood, autonomy explains why expectation damages should be the ordinary remedy for contract breach. This same normative commitment justifies the “uniqueness exception,” where specific performance is typically awarded, and …
Comparative Law In Action: Promissory Estoppel, The Civil Law, And The Mixed Jurisdiction, David V. Snyder
Comparative Law In Action: Promissory Estoppel, The Civil Law, And The Mixed Jurisdiction, David V. Snyder
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Some Problems Of Revocation And Termination Of Offers, Wencelas J. Wagner
Some Problems Of Revocation And Termination Of Offers, Wencelas J. Wagner
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Rationale Of Agreement, Hugh Evander Willis
Rationale Of Agreement, Hugh Evander Willis
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