Calculating promises : the emergence of modern American contract doctrine /

Presents the history of American contract law around the turn of the twentieth century. This book details shifts in our conception of contract by juxtaposing scholarly accounts of contract with case law, and shows how the cases exhibit conflicts for which scholarship offers just one of many possible...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Kreitner, Roy
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, c2007.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Presents the history of American contract law around the turn of the twentieth century. This book details shifts in our conception of contract by juxtaposing scholarly accounts of contract with case law, and shows how the cases exhibit conflicts for which scholarship offers just one of many possible answers.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 242 p. )
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780804768054
0804768056
9781435608887
1435608887
Schlagworte:
Contracts > United States > History.
Promise (Law) > United States > History.
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