Contract Law and Social Morality

Cover
Half-title page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Understanding Implied Obligations: Reasoning and Methodology
Part I Grounds for a Supplemental Approach
1 Individuals and Relationships
	1.1 Relationality
	1.2 Self-Directed Aims
	1.3 Contextuality
	1.4 Conclusion
	2 Authority’s Limits
		2.1 Reasoning from Authority
		2.2 Rules and Standards: the Limits of Legal Doctrine
		2.3 The Good Faith Example
		2.4 The Limits of Legal Concepts
		2.5 The Limits of Theory
			2.5.1 Essentialist Theories
			2.5.2 Relational Theories
		2.6 Conclusion
	3 Promises and Obligations
		3.1 Moral Principle Theories
		3.2 Social Practice Theories
		3.3 Conclusion
	4 Maximization and Cooperation
		4.1 What Is Maximized?
		4.2 The Problem of Multiple Equilibria
		4.3 Bargaining Over Risks
		4.4 The Ex Ante/Ex Post Problem
		4.5 Conclusion
Part II Values-Balancing Legal Reasoning
	5 The Foundations of Value-Balancing Legal Reasoning
		5.1 The Existence and Scope of Obligations
		5.2 Behavior and Reasoning
		5.3 Reasoning and Normativity
		5.4 Conclusion
	6 The Scope of Obligations
		6.1 Other-Regarding Behavior
		6.2 Reasoning about Another’s Well-Being
		6.3 Conclusion
	7 The Source of Obligations
		7.1 Where Do Obligations Come from?
		7.2 Duty in Contract
		7.3 Conclusion
	8 Relationality Redux: Law on the Ground and Law on the Books
		8.1 Successful and Unsuccessful Relationships
		8.2 Motivations, Incentives, and Trust
		8.3 Order without Law
		8.4 Conclusion
Part III Applications
	9 Legal Enforceability: Formation
		9.1 The Doctrinal Difficulties
			9.1.1 The Domain Problem
			9.1.2 The Formation Problem
		9.2 The Proxy Doctrines
		9.3 Enforceability: the Values-Balancing Approach
		9.4 Intent to Be Legally Bound: Extra-Legal Enforceability
		9.5 Conclusion
	10 Performance Obligations: Methodological Issues
		10.1 Intent, Autonomy, and Hypothetical Bargains
		10.2 Gap Fillers and Default Rules
		10.3 Conclusion
	11 Performance Obligations: The Values-Balancing Approach
		11.1 Obligations Implied by Tort Law
		11.2 Good Faith
		11.3 Judicial Interpretation27
			11.3.1 The Reading Pipe Example
			11.3.2 Allocating Risks
			11.3.3 Avoiding Textual Mistakes
			11.3.4 Why Contextuality: Columbia Nitrogen Corp.
		11.4 Conclusion
	12 Consumer Contracts and Standard Terms
		12.1 The Dilemma
		12.2 The Doctrinal Options
		12.3 The Draft Restatement
		12.4 The Basis of Exchange
		12.5 The Other-Regarding Consumer Transaction
		12.6 Conclusion
	13 Excused Performance and Risk Allocation
		13.1 The Problem of Unaddressed Circumstances
		13.2 Reasoning About Risk Allocation
			13.2.1 Paradign
			13.2.2 The Coronation Cases
		13.3 Modifications
			13.3.1 The Doctrine
			13.3.2 Modifications and Excuses
		13.4 Conclusion
	14 Remedies
		14.1 Promises and Performance
		14.2 Some Common Remedial Controversies
			14.2.1 Consequential Damages
			14.2.2 Restoration Value versus Market Value
			14.2.3 Seller’s Choice of Remedies
			14.2.4 Lost Volume Sellers
		14.3 Conclusion
References
Index