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UNINA9910780055903321 |
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Autore |
Slawson W. David <1931-> |
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Titolo |
Binding promises [[electronic resource] ] : the late 20th century reformation of contract law / / W. David Slawson |
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 1996 |
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1-282-75240-5 |
9786612752407 |
1-4008-2196-7 |
1-4008-1343-3 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Contracts - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-200) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Classical Contract -- 2. Product Dependence and Unequal Bargaining Power -- 3. Reasonable Expectations -- 4. Relational Torts -- 5. Bad Faith Breach and Remedies Reform -- 6. Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code -- 7. Choices and Prohibitions -- Notes -- Index |
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During its classical period, American contract law had three prominent characteristics: nearly unlimited freedom to choose the contents of a contract, a clear separation from the law of tort (the law of civil wrongs), and the power to make contracts without regard to the other party's ability to understand them. Combining incisive historical analysis with a keen sense of judicial politics, W. David Slawson shows how judges brought the classical period to an end about 1960 with a period of reform that continues to this day. American contract law no longer possesses any of the prominent characteristics of its classical period. For instance, courts now refuse to enforce standard contracts according to their terms; they implement the consumer's reasonable expectations instead. Businesses can no longer count on making the contracts they want: laws for certain industries or for businesses generally set many business obligations regardless of what the |
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contracts say. A person who knowingly breaches a contract and then tries to avoid liability is subject to heavy penalties. As Slawson demonstrates, judges accomplished all these reforms, although with some help from scholars. Legislation contributed very little despite its presence in massive amounts and despite the efforts of modern institutions of law reform such as the Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Slawson argues persuasively that this comparison demonstrates the superiority of judge-made law to legislation for reforming private law of any kind. |
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UNINA9910789859703321 |
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Autore |
Naylor R. T. <1945-> |
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The history of Canadian business, 1867-1914 [[electronic resource] /] / R.T. Naylor |
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Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006 |
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0-7735-8362-9 |
1-282-86597-8 |
9786612865978 |
0-7735-7547-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 electronic text (xlviii, 376 p.) : digital file |
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Carleton library series ; ; 207 |
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Industries - Canada - History - 19th century |
Finance - Canada - History - 19th century |
Industries - Canada - History - 20th century |
Finance - Canada - History - 20th century |
Canada Commerce History 19th century |
Canada Commerce History 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Part 1. The banks and finance capital -- Part 2. Industrial development. |
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An unprecedented work in Canadian historiography, The History of Canadian Business, 1867-1914 has been chosen by the Social Sciences |
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Federation of Canada as one of the twenty most outstanding works in the field in the last half of the twentieth century. |
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UNINA9910254624503321 |
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Autore |
Burgess Colin <1947-> |
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Titolo |
Aurora 7 : The Mercury Space Flight of M. Scott Carpenter / / by Colin Burgess |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
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[1st ed. 2016.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Astronomy |
Aerospace engineering |
Astronautics |
Space sciences |
Popular Science in Astronomy |
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics |
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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A replacement astronaut -- From Colorado to the Cape -- Training for MA-7 -- Aurora 7 in orbit -- A highly troubled mission -- Walter Cronkite: “We may have lost an astronaut” -- Post-flight repercussions -- Epilogue: From astronaut to aquanaut. |
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TO A NATION enthralled by the heroic exploits of the Mercury astronauts, the launch of Lt. Cmdr. Scott Carpenter on NASA’s second orbital space flight was a renewed cause for pride, jubilation and celebration. Within hours, that excitement had given way to stunned disbelief and anxiety as shaken broadcasters began preparing the American public for the very real possibility that an American astronaut and his spacecraft may have been lost at sea. In fact, it had been a very |
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close call. Completely out of fuel and forced to manually guide Aurora 7 through the frightening inferno of re-entry, Carpenter brought the Mercury spacecraft down to a safe splashdown in the ocean. In doing so, he controversially overshot the intended landing zone. Despite his efforts, Carpenter’s performance on the MA-7 mission was later derided by powerful figures within NASA. He would never fly into space again. Taking temporary leave of NASA, Carpenter participated in the U.S. Navy’s pioneering Sealab program. For a record 30 days he lived and worked aboard a pressurized habitat resting on the floor of the ocean, becoming the nation’s first astronaut/aquanaut explorer. Following extensive research conducted by noted spaceflight historian Colin Burgess, the drama-filled flight of Aurora 7 is faithfully recounted in this engrossing book, along with the personal recollections of Scott Carpenter and those closest to the actual events. |
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