Fault in American contract law / edited by Omri Ben-Shahar, Ariel Porat.
2010
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Title
Fault in American contract law / edited by Omri Ben-Shahar, Ariel Porat.
Published
Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
KF836 .F38 2010
ISBN
9780521769853 (hardbound)
052176985X (hardbound)
9780511902413 (e-book)
0511902417 (e-book)
052176985X (hardbound)
9780511902413 (e-book)
0511902417 (e-book)
Description
xxi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)610831076
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
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Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgment
xxi
I.
THE CASE FOR STRICT LIABILITY
1.
Let Us Never Blame a Contract Breaker / Richard A. Posner
3
2.
In (Partial) Defense of Strict Liability in Contract / Robert E. Scott
20
3.
The Fault Principle as the Chameleon of Contract Law: A Market Function Approach / Stefan Grundmann
35
II.
THE CASE FOR FAULT
4.
How Fault Shapes Contract Law / George M. Cohen
53
5.
Fault in Contract Law / Eric A. Posner
69
6.
The Role of Fault in Contract Law: Unconscionability, Unexpected Circumstances, Interpretation, Mistake, and Nonperformance / Melvin Aron Eisenberg
82
III.
BETWEEN STRICT LIABILITY AND FAULT
7.
Fault at the Contract-Tort Interface / Roy Kreitner
101
8.
The Many Faces of Fault in Contract Law: Or How to Do Economics Right, Without Really Trying / Richard A. Epstein
118
9.
The Productive Tension Between Official and Unofficial Stories of Fault in Contract Law / Martha M. Ertman
132
IV.
WILLFUL BREACH
10.
When Is a Willful Breach "Willful"? The Link Between Definitions and Damages / Richard Craswell
147
11.
Willful Breach: An Efficient Screen for Efficient Breach / Peter Siegelman
161
12.
An Information Theory of Willful Breach / Omri Ben-Shahar
174
13.
Contract Law and the Willfulness Diversion / Barry E. Adler
190
V.
COMPARATIVE FAULT
14.
A Comparative Fault Defense in Contract Law / Ariel Porat
207
15.
Stipulated Damages, Superstrict Liability, and Mitigation in Contract Law / Saul Levmore
223
16.
Creditor's Fault: In Search of a Comparative Frame / Fabrizio Cafaggi
237
VI.
THE MORALITY OF BREACH
17.
Why Breach of Contract May Not Be Immoral Given the Incompleteness of Contracts / Steven Shavell
257
18.
Fault and Harm in Breach of Contract / Dori Kimel
271
19.
Fault in Contracts: A Psychological Approach / Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
289
Case Index
305
Subject Index
309