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100 1 _aKreitner, Roy.
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245 1 0 _aCalculating promises
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe emergence of modern American contract doctrine /
_cRoy Kreitner.
300 _axii, 242 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _apt. 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.
650 0 _zUnited States
_xHistory.
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650 0 _zUnited States
_xHistory.
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830 0 _aACLS Fellows’ publications.
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830 0 _aACLS Humanities E-Book.
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856 4 0 _zVolltext
_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb09034
942 _cEB
500 _aE-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal
653 _aContracts
653 _aPromise (Law)
336 _2rdacontent
_btxt
_aText
337 _2rdamedia
_bbc
_aComputermedien
338 _2rdacarrier
_bcr
_aOnline Ressource
264 _aStanford, CA :
_bStanford University Press,
_c2007.
041 _aeng
500 _aAmerican Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
999 _c67712
_d67712