Fault in American Contract Law

Book Overview

Representing an unprecedented joint effort from top scholars in the field, this volume collects original contributions to examine the fundamental role of "fault" in contract law. Is it immoral to breach a contract? Should a breaching party be punished more harshly for willful breach? Does it matter if the victim of breach engaged in contributory fault? Is there room for a calculus of fault within the "efficient breach" framework? For generations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107612845
• ISBN13: 9781107612846
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"