Contract is promise

Author: Fried
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book has two purposes: On the theoretical side, it aims to explain how, as a complex legal system, contract law is derived from several basic moral principles and is shaped by these principles and rules. On the pedagogical side, it seeks to show students the deep structure of this fundamental legal system. For the needs of theorists, the legal details in this book may be too extensive; for law students, the theoretical discussions may be too shallow. However, it is hoped that these two aspects can support each other overall. Theoretically, it explains that contract law indeed has a unified internal structure; when illustrating the principles, it will clarify that this structure originates from moral criteria.