Binding Promises : : The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law / / W. David Slawson.
During its classical period, American contract law had three prominent characteristics: nearly unlimited freedom to choose the contents of a contract, a clear separation from the law of tort (the law of civil wrongs), and the power to make contracts without regard to the other party's ability t...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1996] ©1996 |
Year of Publication: | 1996 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9781400821969 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)446103 (OCoLC)979628856 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Slawson, W. David, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Binding Promises : The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law / W. David Slawson. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1996] ©1996 1 online resource (224 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Classical Contract -- 2. Product Dependence and Unequal Bargaining Power -- 3. Reasonable Expectations -- 4. Relational Torts -- 5. Bad Faith Breach and Remedies Reform -- 6. Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code -- 7. Choices and Prohibitions -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star During its classical period, American contract law had three prominent characteristics: nearly unlimited freedom to choose the contents of a contract, a clear separation from the law of tort (the law of civil wrongs), and the power to make contracts without regard to the other party's ability to understand them. Combining incisive historical analysis with a keen sense of judicial politics, W. David Slawson shows how judges brought the classical period to an end about 1960 with a period of reform that continues to this day.American contract law no longer possesses any of the prominent characteristics of its classical period. For instance, courts now refuse to enforce standard contracts according to their terms; they implement the consumer's reasonable expectations instead. Businesses can no longer count on making the contracts they want: laws for certain industries or for businesses generally set many business obligations regardless of what the contracts say. A person who knowingly breaches a contract and then tries to avoid liability is subject to heavy penalties.As Slawson demonstrates, judges accomplished all these reforms, although with some help from scholars. Legislation contributed very little despite its presence in massive amounts and despite the efforts of modern institutions of law reform such as the Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Slawson argues persuasively that this comparison demonstrates the superiority of judge-made law to legislation for reforming private law of any kind. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Contracts United States. LAW / Legal History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 print 9780691044156 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400821969 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400821969 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400821969.jpg |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Slawson, W. David, Slawson, W. David, |
spellingShingle |
Slawson, W. David, Slawson, W. David, Binding Promises : The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Classical Contract -- 2. Product Dependence and Unequal Bargaining Power -- 3. Reasonable Expectations -- 4. Relational Torts -- 5. Bad Faith Breach and Remedies Reform -- 6. Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code -- 7. Choices and Prohibitions -- Notes -- Index |
author_facet |
Slawson, W. David, Slawson, W. David, |
author_variant |
w d s wd wds w d s wd wds |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Slawson, W. David, |
title |
Binding Promises : The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law / |
title_sub |
The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law / |
title_full |
Binding Promises : The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law / W. David Slawson. |
title_fullStr |
Binding Promises : The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law / W. David Slawson. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Binding Promises : The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law / W. David Slawson. |
title_auth |
Binding Promises : The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Classical Contract -- 2. Product Dependence and Unequal Bargaining Power -- 3. Reasonable Expectations -- 4. Relational Torts -- 5. Bad Faith Breach and Remedies Reform -- 6. Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code -- 7. Choices and Prohibitions -- Notes -- Index |
title_new |
Binding Promises : |
title_sort |
binding promises : the late 20th-century reformation of contract law / |
publisher |
Princeton University Press, |
publishDate |
1996 |
physical |
1 online resource (224 p.) Issued also in print. |
edition |
Course Book |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Classical Contract -- 2. Product Dependence and Unequal Bargaining Power -- 3. Reasonable Expectations -- 4. Relational Torts -- 5. Bad Faith Breach and Remedies Reform -- 6. Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code -- 7. Choices and Prohibitions -- Notes -- Index |
isbn |
9781400821969 9783110442496 9780691044156 |
callnumber-first |
K - Law |
callnumber-subject |
KF - United States |
callnumber-label |
KF801 |
callnumber-sort |
KF 3801 S525 41996 |
geographic_facet |
United States. |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400821969 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400821969 https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400821969.jpg |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
300 - Social sciences |
dewey-tens |
340 - Law |
dewey-ones |
346 - Private law |
dewey-full |
346.73/02 |
dewey-sort |
3346.73 12 |
dewey-raw |
346.73/02 |
dewey-search |
346.73/02 |
doi_str_mv |
10.1515/9781400821969 |
oclc_num |
979628856 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT slawsonwdavid bindingpromisesthelate20thcenturyreformationofcontractlaw |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)446103 (OCoLC)979628856 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Binding Promises : The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
_version_ |
1806143520578207744 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04406nam a22007335i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9781400821969</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20210830012106.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">210830t19961996nju fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781400821969</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1515/9781400821969</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)446103</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)979628856</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">nju</subfield><subfield code="c">US-NJ</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">KF801.S525 1996</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">LAW060000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">346.73/02</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Slawson, W. David, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Binding Promises :</subfield><subfield code="b">The Late 20th-Century Reformation of Contract Law /</subfield><subfield code="c">W. David Slawson.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="250" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Course Book</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Princeton, NJ : </subfield><subfield code="b">Princeton University Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[1996]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©1996</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (224 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Acknowledgments -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Introduction -- </subfield><subfield code="t">1. Classical Contract -- </subfield><subfield code="t">2. Product Dependence and Unequal Bargaining Power -- </subfield><subfield code="t">3. Reasonable Expectations -- </subfield><subfield code="t">4. Relational Torts -- </subfield><subfield code="t">5. Bad Faith Breach and Remedies Reform -- </subfield><subfield code="t">6. Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code -- </subfield><subfield code="t">7. Choices and Prohibitions -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Notes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">During its classical period, American contract law had three prominent characteristics: nearly unlimited freedom to choose the contents of a contract, a clear separation from the law of tort (the law of civil wrongs), and the power to make contracts without regard to the other party's ability to understand them. Combining incisive historical analysis with a keen sense of judicial politics, W. David Slawson shows how judges brought the classical period to an end about 1960 with a period of reform that continues to this day.American contract law no longer possesses any of the prominent characteristics of its classical period. For instance, courts now refuse to enforce standard contracts according to their terms; they implement the consumer's reasonable expectations instead. Businesses can no longer count on making the contracts they want: laws for certain industries or for businesses generally set many business obligations regardless of what the contracts say. A person who knowingly breaches a contract and then tries to avoid liability is subject to heavy penalties.As Slawson demonstrates, judges accomplished all these reforms, although with some help from scholars. Legislation contributed very little despite its presence in massive amounts and despite the efforts of modern institutions of law reform such as the Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Slawson argues persuasively that this comparison demonstrates the superiority of judge-made law to legislation for reforming private law of any kind.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="530" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Issued also in print.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Contracts</subfield><subfield code="z">United States.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">LAW / Legal History.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110442496</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="c">print</subfield><subfield code="z">9780691044156</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400821969</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400821969</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400821969.jpg</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-044249-6 Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999</subfield><subfield code="c">1927</subfield><subfield code="d">1999</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_LAEC</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_LAEC</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESTMALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_STMALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA12STME</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA18STMEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |