CONTENTS
1.NormativeUnderpinnings,1
1.1EnforcingPromises,2
TheRiseandfallofFreedomofContract,2
P.S.Atiyah
ContractasPromise,7
CharlesFried
NotesonEnforcingPromises,13
1.2SelectingDefaultRules,15
ContractLaw,DefaultRules,andthePhilosophyofPromising,15
RichardCraswell
FillingGapsinIncompleteContracts,21
IanAyresandRobertGertner
NotesonSelectingDefaultRules,27
1.3DistributionalConcerns,29
PassingontheCostsofLegalRules,29
RichardCraswell
NotesonDistributionalConcerns,37
2.RemediesForBreach,39
2.1ExpectationDamages,40
LawandEconomics,40
RobertCooterandThomasUlen
TheEfficientBreachFallacy,42
DanielFriedmann
ContractRemedies,Renegotiation,andtheTheoryofEfficient
Breach,44
RichardCraswell
NotesonExpectationDamages,52
2.2LimitsontheExpectationMeasure,54
2.2.1MitigationandReliancebythePromisee,54
TheMitigationPrinciple,54
CharlesJ.GoetzandRobertE.Scott
UnityinTort,Contract,andProperty,57
RobertCooter
NotesonMitigationandReliancebythePromisee,63
2.2.2ConsequentialDAmages,65
BeyondForeseeability:ConsequentialDamagesintheLawof
Contract,65
RichardA.Epstein
ContractDamagesandCross-Subsidization,71
GwynD.Quillen
InformationandtheScopeofLiabilityforBreachofContract,75
LucianAyreBebchukandStevenShavell
NotesonConsequentialDamages,76
2.2.3SubjectiveLosses,80
CostofCompletionorDiminutioninMarketValue,80
TimothyJ.Muris
ProposalsforProductsLiabilityReform,85
AlanSchwartz
NotesonSubjectiveLosses,89
2.3AlternativestoExpectationDamages,92
2.3.1SpecificPerformance,92
TheCaseforSpecificPerformance,92
AlanSchwartz
NotesonSpecificPerformance,96
2.3.2LiquidatedDamages,99
LiquidatedDamages,Penalties,andtheJustCompensationPrinciple,99
CharlesJ.GoetzandRobertE.Scott
EfficiencyImplicationsofPenaltiesandLiquidatedDamages,105
SamuelA.Rea,Jr.
NotesonLiquidatedDamages,113
2.3.3RescissionandRestitution,114
TheMitigationPrinciple,114
CharlesJ.GoetzandRobertE.Scott
GoodFaithintheEnforcementofContracts,118
EricG.Andersen
NotesonRescissionandRestitution,124
2.3.4PunitiveDamages,126
PunitiveDamages:DivergenceinSearchofaRationale,126
BruceChapmanandMichaelTrebilcock
NotesonPunitiveDamages,135
3.DefiningthePerformanceObligation,137
3.1ImpliedExcuses,138
3.1.1Impracticability,Frustration,andMistake,138
ImpossibilityandRelatedDoctrinesinContractLaw,138
RichardA.PosnerandAndrewM.Rosenfield
ContractasPromise,143
CharlesFried
Mistake,Frustration,andtheWindfallPrincipleofContract
Remedies,147
AndrewKull
RelationalContractsintheCourts,152
AlanSchwartz
NotesonImpracticability,Frustration,andMistake,156
3.1.2NondisclosureandUnilateralMistake,159
Mistake,Disclosure,Information,andtheLawofContracts,159
AnthonyT.Kronman
LegalSecrets,165
KimLaneScheppele
NotesonNondisclosureandUnilateralMistake,169
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4.ContractFormation,222
5.UnconscionabilityandOtherDefenses,287