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Contract theory : the evolution of contractual intent / Larry A. DiMatteo.

LIBRA K840 .D56 1998
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
DiMatteo, Larry A.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Contracts.
Declaration of intention.
Contracts--Philosophy.
Physical Description:
xiii, 221 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [1998]
Contents:
2. Morality, Promise, and the Objective Method 7
Ex Gratia to Mansfield, Holmes, Fried, Atiyah 7
The Transformation from Subjectivism to Objectivism 11
Limitations of Language 13
The Dominion of the External 14
Gilmore's Duality: Questions of Fact and Questions of Law 16
Cardozo's Objective and Subjective Change 17
Symmetry of Form and Substance 18
3. Actual Intent versus Apparent Intent 21
The Internal as Representation of the External 21
The Objective Theory of Contracts 22
The Reasonable Person Standard 23
The Twin Pillars of Contract: Bargain and Reliance 25
Reliance Theory 26
Reasonable Reliance: The Realm of Expanded Liability 27
The Frontier of Contracts: Comfort Instruments 28
The Presumption of Intentionality 31
Promisor-Promisee Objectivity 33
Communal Objectivity and Detached Objectivity 36
Llewellyn's Duality: Specific Assent and Blanket Assent 38
The Implication of Consent: Barnett's Second-Order Problem of Knowledge 42
The Subjective Theory of Contracts 45
The Modified Subjective or Intersubjective Approach 49
4. The Reasonable Person Standard 51
The Parties 53
Totality of the Circumstances 56
Custom and Trade Usage 60
Custom as Supplement 64
Language as Custom 65
Main Purpose Rule 66
Manifestation of Intent and Its Manipulation 68
Relational Consent 72
5. The Dialectic 75
Religious Foundations 75
Philosophical Foundations 79
Durkheim's Objectivity and the Just Contract 82
Philosophy and the Reasonable Person 83
The Psychological Dimension 85
The Judicial Mind and the Reasonable Person 88
6. Law of Satisfaction 91
The "Law of Satisfaction" and the Objective Theory of Contracts 91
Freedom of Contract and the Presumption of Reasonableness 93
Subjective Satisfaction and Objective Dissatisfaction 94
Kant's Conception of Law 96
The Doctrine of Substantial Performance 98
7. The Reality of Intent 101
The Infancy Law Doctrine 102
The Objectification of the Infancy Law Doctrine 103
The Judicial Assault 103
The Legislative Assault 106
Law as Evolution 107
The Case of Economic Duress 109
The Undue Influence Duality 111
The Externalities of Contracts 112
8. Analogues 115
Criminal Law: Mens Rea 115
Circumstantial Evidence and the State of Mind Requirement 118
The Criminal Law's Reasonable Person Standard 121
Law of Agency: Implied and Apparent Authority 121
Reasonableness and the Law of Agency 123
The Deontological-Teleological Dialectic 124
An International Comparative: The CISG 126
9. The Inner Experience of Contract Law 129
Jural Rudiments and Human Values 129
The Subjectivity of Judgment 133
Discretion as the Touchstone of Subjectivity 134
Dialectic as Synthesis 136
Law's Inner Experience 138.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
ISBN:
0870134868
0870134442
OCLC:
39116634

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