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The dignity of commerce : markets and the moral foundations of contract law /

"Why should the law care about enforcing contracts? We tend to think of a contract as the legal embodiment of a moral obligation to keep a promise. When two parties enter into a transaction, they are obligated as moral beings to play out the transaction in the way that both parties expect. But...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oman, Nathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Shakespeare and the predicament of contract theory
  • Well-functioning markets and contract law
  • The moral consequences of well-functioning markets
  • Contract law, efficiency, and morality
  • Consideration
  • Remedies
  • Boilerplate
  • Pernicious markets and the limits of contract law
  • Conclusion.