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Markovits, Daniel, 1969-

Contract law and legal methods / by Daniel Markovits. - xxxiv, 1705 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - University casebook series . - University casebook series. .

Includes bibliographical references.

PART ONE : REMEDIES (HEREIN OF LAW AND ECONOMICS) -- Introduction -- Economic efficiency -- The efficiency of expectation damages : the core argument -- A complication : limiting expectation by certainty and foreseeability -- Efficiency and buyer decisions -- Sales of goods and the Uniform Commercial Code -- Remedies specified by the parties -- Punitive damages -- Specific performance -- Restitution and rescission -- Reliance -- PART TWO : MAKING CONTRACTS AND MAKING CONTRACTUAL MEANING (HEREIN OF FORMALISM, REALISM, AND THE STYLES OF LEGAL DOCTRINE) -- Introduction -- Offer and acceptance -- Failures to engage -- Consideration -- Alternative paths to contract? -- Fixing contractual meaning -- PART THREE : FREEDOM OF CONTRACT AND ITS LIMITS (HEREIN OF LAW AND MORALS) -- Introduction -- Good faith -- Contracts of adhesion -- Arbitration agreements -- The employment contract -- Marriage -- Contract and constraint.

ISBN: 9781599414454 1599414457

LCCN: 2012472085

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Contracts--United States--Cases.
Contracts.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.
USA

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Casebooks (Law)
Trials, litigation, etc.
Casebooks (Law)

LC Class. No.: KF 801 .A7 / M35 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 346.7302