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Just Exchange : a Theory of Contract.
Civilized societies promote cooperation and few institutions do so more effectively than the law of contract. Contract law is thus an indispensable feature of modern liberal society and serves as a foundation for modern economic systems. Moreover, contract issues inform the worldwide debate over pri...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Taylor & Francis
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- PART I: The enforcement of contracts
- 1 The promising game
- How to create a game
- Hume on promising
- The principle of fidelity
- 2 Rival theories of contract law
- Reliance theories
- Benefits theories
- Will theories
- 3 The economic theory of contract law
- The need for trust
- Beneficial reliance
- Credible commitments
- Substitutes for contract law
- 4 Fidelity to promising
- Respect, gratitude and consent
- Natural duties of support
- PART II: The limits of bargaining freedom
- 5 Soft paternalism
- Minors and incompetents
- Judgment heuristics
- Weakness of the will
- Screening
- 6 Private perfectionism
- Perfectionism and neutralism
- Endogenous preferences
- Internalities
- Liberal perfectionism and conservative neutralism
- 7 Social perfectionism
- Moral externalities
- Common law illegality
- The harm-to-others principle
- The disintegration thesis
- The case for neutralism
- 8 Substantive fairness
- Game theoretic bargaining solutions
- Cooperation theories
- Incentive theories
- Screening theories
- Standard form contracts
- 9 Contractarian virtue
- The cultural contradictions of contract law
- The Romantic objection
- Notes
- Index.