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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807940203321

Autore

Ayres Ian

Titolo

Insincere promises [[electronic resource] ] : the law of misrepresented intent / / Ian Ayres and Gregory Klass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-281-74071-3

9786611740719

0-300-12713-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 306 p.))

Altri autori (Persone)

KlassGregory

Disciplina

345/.04

Soggetti

Promise (Law)

Declaration of intention

Fraud

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. How to Say Things with Promises -- Chapter 3. Falsehood and Responsibility -- Chapter 4. Why Promissory Fraud? -- Chapter 5. The Representation Inquiry: What Does a Promise Say? -- Chapter 6. The Veracity and Scienter Inquiries: Evidence of Falsity and Evidence of Culpability -- Chapter 7. The Landscape of Promissory Misrepresentation -- Chapter 8. False Promise: Insincere Promising as Crime -- Chapter 9. Teaching Promissory Fraud -- Chapter 10. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Draft Prestatement of the Law of Insincere Promising -- Appendix B: Promissory Fraud Abroad -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

How can a promise be a lie? Answer: when the promisor never intended to perform the promise. Such incidences of promissory fraud are frequently litigated because they can result in punitive damages awards. And an insincere promisor can even be held criminally liable. Yet courts have provided little guidance about what the scope of liability should be or what proof should be required. This book-the first ever devoted to the analysis of promissory fraud-answers these questions. Filled with examples of insincere promising from the case law as well as from literature and popular culture, the book is an



indispensable guide for those who practice or teach contract law. The authors explore what promises say from the perspectives of philosophy, economics, and the law. They identify four chief mistakes that courts make in promissory fraud cases. And they offer a theory for how courts and practitioners should handle promissory fraud cases.