Kreitner, Roy. <br/><br/>
Calculating promises  the emergence of modern American contract doctrine /  [electronic resource] : 
Roy Kreitner. 
 - Stanford, CA :  Stanford University Press,  2007. 
 - xii, 242 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - ACLS Fellows’ publications. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
<br/><br/> E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal  American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/ 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. I. Gifts and promises revisited. The revolution in consideration doctrine ; The gift from beyond the grave: case law ; Responding to revolution: moving gifts and consideration through the twentieth century ; Speculating on gifts and promises -- pt. II. Speculations of contract. Distinguished gambles: the struggle to separate speculation and insurance from gambling ; "Contracts" for "futures": Commercial speculation and the gambling stigma ; Wagering in lives: the life insurance speculators ; Acquistive individuality vs. communal efficiency: conflicting policies and the love-hate relationship with risk -- pt. III. The narratives of incomplete contracts. Framing incomplete contracts ; The use and abuse of historical narrative: debates over incomplete contracts ; Evaluating the frame of incompleteness discourse. 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>2027/heb09034  hdl 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label>--History.--United States--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Contracts Promise (Law)