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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827482703321

Autore

Laycock Douglas

Titolo

The death of the irreparable injury rule / / Douglas Laycock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1991

ISBN

0-19-771887-6

1-280-52483-9

0-19-536251-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

346.7303/23

347.306323

Soggetti

Equitable remedies - United States

Equity - United States

Injunctions - United States

Remedies (Law) - United States

Specific performance - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. A Functional Approach to Choosing Remedies; 2. Irreplaceability; 3. Other Means of Escaping the Rule; 4. Why Courts Invoke the Rule; 5. Preliminary Relief; 6. Deference to Other Authority; 7. Avoiding Over Enforcement; 8. Other Substantive Reasons; 9. Other Procedural Reasons; 10. The Disparate Uses of a Code Phrase; 11. Holmes, Posner, and Efficient Breach; 12. Conforming Doctrine to Reality; TABLE OF CASES; TABLE OF SECONDARY SOURCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on an analysis of numerous cases, the author argues that the "irreparable injury" rule is defunct, since it no longer constrains a court's choice of remedy. He proposes new injury rules based on actual practice.