Justice in Transactions : : A Theory of Contract Law / / Peter Benson.

Legal thinkers typically justify contract law on the basis of economics or promissory morality. But Peter Benson takes another approach. He argues that contract is best explained as a transfer of rights governed by a conception of justice. The result is a comprehensive theory of contract law congrue...

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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Preface --   |t Introduction --   |t PART ONE. PRINCIPLES --   |t A. Formation --   |t Introduction: With What Should an Account of Contract Formation Begin? --   |t 1. Consideration: Its Meaning, Role, and Consequences --   |t 2. Offer and Acceptance, the Objective Test, and Contractual Intent --   |t 3. Implication --   |t B. Fairness --   |t Introduction --   |t 4. The Paradigm of Contractual Fairness: The Principle of Unconscionability --   |t 5. Three Other Doctrines about Fair Terms --   |t 6. Fairness and Assent in Standard Form Contracts --   |t C. Enforcement --   |t Introduction --   |t 7. Fundamental Ideas --   |t 8. Unity and Diversity in the Law of Contract Remedies --   |t 9. Expectation Damages and Contract Theory --   |t PART TWO. THEORY --   |t 10. Contract as a Transfer of Ownership --   |t 11. A Moral Basis for Contract as Transfer --   |t 12. The Stability of Contract as Transfer --   |t Notes --   |t Table of Cases --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Index 
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