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When does the law permit you to change your mind and reverse a decision you have made? This study considers the general principles and legal rules that bear on this question. Farnsworth discusses deficiences in the law, and suggests ways to eliminate anomalies and correct shortcomings.

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• Preface(p. ix)
• Prologue(p. 1)
• Part I. Commitments
• Chapter 1. Wanting to Make a Commitment(p. 9)
• Chapter 2. Regretting Being Committed(p. 18)
• Chapter 3. How a Promise Expresses Commitment(p. 28)
• Chapter 4. Why a Promise Should Commit(p. 36)
• Chapter 5. When a Promise Does Commit(p. 43)
• Chapter 6. A Surrogate for an Enigma(p. 55)
• Chapter 7. Wanting to Make a Commitment (Reprise)(p. 66)
• Chapter 8. Enforceable Promises to Make Gifts(p. 75)
• Chapter 9. Commitment Without Promise(p. 89)
• Chapter 10. The Reach of a Commitment(p. 99)
• Chapter 11. The Strength of a Commitment(p. 109)
• Interlude(p. 120)
• Part II. Relinquishments and Preclusions
• Chapter 12. Relinquishment by Performance(p. 127)
• Chapter 13. Relinquishment by Gift(p. 132)
• Chapter 14. What Can Be Given(p. 143)
• Chapter 15. Relinquishment by Renunciation(p. 148)
• Chapter 16. Relinquishment by Waiver(p. 154)
• Chapter 17. Preclusion by Equitable Estoppel and Laches(p. 163)
• Chapter 18. Preclusion by Rejection(p. 174)
• Chapter 19. Preclusion by Election(p. 181)
• Chapter 20. Preclusion by Prescription(p. 193)
• Epilogue(p. 202)
• Notes(p. 207)
• Index(p. 261)

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CHOICE Review

This short book by one of the nation's leading scholars on contract law is an exceptionally fine exposition of the principles governing contractual commitments. In clear and simple prose Farnsworth (law, Columbia Univ.) leads the reader through those doctrines that come into play when a party to a contract has second thoughts. The 20 brief chapters begin with an explanation of what constitutes a legally enforceable commitment and then examines how the courts have provided for lessening the bonds thereby created. Here intention and reliance in their various judicial permutations have been especially critical. The last half of the book analyzes the status of relinquishments and preclusions and at what point irreversibility of commitment occurs. Throughout, the author does not hesitate to comment on the value of the judicial rules that have evolved and to identify logical and legal inconsistencies. Although he believes that there are instances when legal relief is valid, he is especially critical of judicial "paternalism" on behalf of those who have contracted and wish to renege. Accompanied by useful notes and a comprehensive index, this work belongs in every college library containing a legal collection. All levels. R. Heineman; Alfred University

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E. Allan Farnsworth is Alfred McCormack Professor of Law at Columbia University