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Calculating promises : the emergence of modern American contract doctrine / Roy Kreitner. [electronic resource] :

Von: Kreitner, RoyMaterialtyp: TextTextSprache: Englisch Reihen: ACLS Fellows’ publications | ACLS Humanities E-BookStanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007Beschreibung: xii, 242 p. ; 24 cmInhaltstyp: Text Medientyp: Computermedien Datenträgertyp: Online RessourceSchlagwörter: -- United States -- History | -- United States -- History | Contracts | Promise (Law)Online-Ressourcen: Volltext
Inhalte:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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