Promises on prior obligations at common law / Kevin M. Teeven.
1998
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Author
Title
Promises on prior obligations at common law / Kevin M. Teeven.
Published
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
Call Number
KF807.2 T44 1998
ISBN
0313306524 (acid-free paper)
Description
xi, 221 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)38206827
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
1
Introduction: Prior Obligations
1
2
Emergence of Preexisting Duty Rule
13
Origins of Rule: Pinnel's Case
14
Rule Reviewed: Foakes v. Beer
16
Justifications for Rule
18
3
Judicial Reform of Preexisting Duty Rule
21
Objections Raised to Rule
22
Common Law Reforms
25
4
Legislative Reform of Preexisting Duty Rule
39
Scattered Legislative Reforms
39
U.C.C. Rejects Preexisting Duty Rule
41
5
Restatement Second Position
47
Tenacious Rule Reaffirmed
47
Exception for Subsequent Unanticipated Event
51
6
Remaining Vitality of Outdated Rule
61
Comparison of U.C.C. and Restatement Second Positions
61
When Preexisting Duty Rule Applies Today
63
Possible Common Law Solutions
65
Conclusion: Reform of Preexisting Duty Rule
68
7
Origins of Past Consideration Rule and of Moral Obligation Principle
73
Origins of Past Consideration Rule: Hunt v. Bate
74
Emergence of Moral Obligation Principle
75
8
Initial Support for Mansfield's Ideas Squelched
81
Early Nineteenth Century English Support for Mansfield's Ideas
81
Negative Reaction Sets In
87
Initial American Reception Mixed
93
9
Case Precedent for Mansfield's Notion of Liability without Prior Legal Obligation
97
English Precedents Not Requiring Prior Legal Obligation
97
Void Contracts Covered
100
10
American Promissory Restitution Supported by Consideration
105
Implied Previous Request
106
Consideration Found without Implied Request
109
11
American Promissory Restitution Supported by Moral Obligation Alone
115
Independent Ground of Moral Obligation
115
Reasons Justifying Moral Obligation as an Independent Ground
117
Conclusion: Moral Obligation Principle
121
Notes
125
Tables of Cases
199
Table of Statutes
211
Subject Index
215