Perspectives on contract law / [edited by] Randy E. Barnett.
2005
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Title
Perspectives on contract law / [edited by] Randy E. Barnett.
Published
New York : Aspen Publishers, [2005]
Copyright
©2005
Call Number
KF801.A7 P42 2005
Edition
Third edition.
ISBN
0735551677
Description
xxiv, 480 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)57170151
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
I
Enforcing Private Agreements
1
1
How Should Damages for Breach of Contract Be Measured?
3
The Reliance Interest in Contract Damages / Lon L. Fuller William R. Perdue, Jr.
5
The Phantom Reliance Interest in Contract Damages / Michael B. Kelly
22
Beyond Fuller and Perdue? / Richard Craswell
37
2
Are Some Breaches of Contract Efficient?
47
Fundamental Principles of Contract Damages / Richard A. Posner
48
The Efficient Breach Fallacy / Daniel Friedman
52
3
When Should Courts Order Specific Performance?
59
A.
Efficiency Concerns
60
Specific Performance / Richard A. Posner
60
The Case for Specific Performance / Alan Schwartz
62
B.
Moral Concerns
69
Contract Remedies and Inalienable Rights / Randy E. Barnett
70
Liberty and Contractual Empowerment / Christopher T. Wonnell
81
II
Mutual Assent
91
4
Does a Promise Differ from an Offer?
93
On the Nature of Offer, Acceptance, and Promise / Peter Meijes Tiersma
94
5
Is There a Duty to Negotiate a Contract in Good Faith?
111
Enforcing the Contract to Bargain / Charles L. Knapp
112
6
When Should Parol Evidence of Contracting Parties' Intentions Be Considered by a Court?
127
"Meaning" in the Law of Contracts / E. Allan Farnsworth
128
7
How Should Courts Use Business Norms to Construe Written Terms?
141
The Theory of Legally Unenforceable Agreements / Lisa Bernstein
142
8
How Has Modern Technology Affected Mutual Assent?
157
Autistic Contracts / James J. White
158
III
Enforceability
183
9
Which Commitments Should Be Enforced?
185
The Basis of Contract / Morris R. Cohen
186
10
Does the Doctrine of Consideration Have a Function?
199
Consideration and Form / Lon L. Fuller
200
The Ideological Subtext of "Consideration and Form" / Duncan Kennedy
222
11
Should the "Intention to Create Legal Relations" Be a Criterion of Enforceability?
231
A Consent Theory of Contract / Randy E. Barnett
233
The Regulatory Role of Contract Law / Jean Braucher
245
12
Is the Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel About Protecting Reliance?
257
The Promissory Basis of Section 90 / Edward Yorio Steve Thel
259
The Last Promissory Estoppel Article / Jay M. Feinman
275
The Four Evolutionary Stages of Promissory Estoppel / Eric Mills Holmes
288
IV
Performance and Breach
301
13
What Constitutes Good Faith Performance?
303
Breach of Contract and the Common Law Duty to Perform in Good Faith / Steven J. Burton
304
The General Duty of Good Faith--Its Recognition and Conceptualization / Robert S. Summers
316
14
When Is a Breach Material?
323
A New Look at Material Breach in the Law of Contracts / Eric G. Andersen
324
V
Defenses to Contractual Obligation
339
15
When Should a Court Refuse to Enforce a Contract?
341
A.
Duress, Undue Influence, and Unconscionability
342
Unconscionability: A Critical Reappraisal / Richard A. Epstein
343
The Bargain Principle and Its Limits / Melvin Aron Eisenberg
354
B.
Contracts of Adhesion
368
Contracts of Adhesion: An Essay in Reconstruction / Todd D. Rakoff
369
C.
Unilateral Mistake and the Duty to Disclose
386
Mistake, Disclosure, Information, and the Law of Contracts / Anthony T. Kronman
386
The Duty to Disclose Information and the Liberal Conception of Fraud / Randy E. Barnett
395
16
Should Courts Adjust Contract Terms to Handle Changed Circumstances?
403
Contracts as Insurance / Richard A. Posner
404
Court Adjustment of Long-Term Contracts / Robert A. Hillman
411
Relation-Preserving Vs. End-Game Norms / Lisa Bernstein
423
The Case for Formalism in Relational Contract / Robert E. Scott
428
17
What Is the Relational Theory of Contract?
445
Relational Contract Theory in Context / Jay M. Feinman
446
Why There is no Law of Relational Contracts / Melvin A. Eisenberg
458