Fault in American contract law / edited by Omri Ben-Shahar, Ariel Porat.
| Other author | Ben-Shahar, Omri. |
| Other author | Porat, Ariel. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, |
| Description | xxi, 314 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Let us never blame a contract breaker / Richard A. Posner -- In (partial) defense of strict liability in contract / Robert E. Scott -- The fault principle as the chameleon of contract law : a market function approach / Stefan Grundmann -- How fault shapes contract law / George M. Cohen -- Fault in contract law / Eric A. Posner -- The role of fault in contract law : unconscionability, unexpected circumstances, interpretation, mistake, and nonperformance / Melvin Aron Eisenberg -- Fault at the contract-tort interface / Roy Kreitner -- The many faces of fault in contract law : or how to do economics right, without really trying / Richard A. Epstein -- The productive tension between official and unofficial stories of fault in contract law / Martha M. Ertman -- When is a willful breach "willful"? : the link between definitions and damages / Richard Craswell. |
| Contents | Willful breach : an efficient screen for efficient breach / Steve Thel and Peter Siegelman -- An information theory of willful breach / Oren Bar-Gill and Omri Ben-Shahar -- Contract law and the willfulness diversion / Barry E. Adler -- A comparative fault defense in contract law / Ariel Porat -- Stipulated damages, superstrict liability, and mitigation in contract law / Saul Levmore -- Creditor's fault : in search of a comparative frame / Fabrizio Cafaggi -- Why breach of contract may not be immoral given the incompleteness of contracts / Steven Shavell -- Fault and harm in breach of contract / Dori Kimel -- Fault in contracts : a psychological approach / Tess Wilkinson-Ryan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010023936 |
| ISBN | 9780521769853 (hbk.) |
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