Calculating promises [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of modern American contract doctrine / / Roy Kreitner
| Calculating promises [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of modern American contract doctrine / / Roy Kreitner |
| Autore | Kreitner Roy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 242 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 346.7302 |
| Soggetto topico |
Contracts - United States - History
Promise (Law) - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8047-6805-6
1-4356-0888-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Gifts and promises revisited. The revolution in consideration doctrine ; The gift from beyond the grave: case law ; Responding to revolution: moving gifts and consideration through the twentieth century ; Speculating on gifts and promises -- pt. II. Speculations of contract. Distinguished gambles: the struggle to separate speculation and insurance from gambling ; "Contracts" for "futures": Commercial speculation and the gambling stigma ; Wagering in lives: the life insurance speculators ; Acquistive individuality vs. communal efficiency: conflicting policies and the love-hate relationship with risk -- pt. III. The narratives of incomplete contracts. Framing incomplete contracts ; The use and abuse of historical narrative: debates over incomplete contracts ; Evaluating the frame of incompleteness discourse. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451974703321 |
Kreitner Roy
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| Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Calculating promises [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of modern American contract doctrine / / Roy Kreitner
| Calculating promises [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of modern American contract doctrine / / Roy Kreitner |
| Autore | Kreitner Roy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 242 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 346.7302 |
| Soggetto topico |
Contracts - United States - History
Promise (Law) - United States - History |
| ISBN |
0-8047-6805-6
1-4356-0888-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Gifts and promises revisited. The revolution in consideration doctrine ; The gift from beyond the grave: case law ; Responding to revolution: moving gifts and consideration through the twentieth century ; Speculating on gifts and promises -- pt. II. Speculations of contract. Distinguished gambles: the struggle to separate speculation and insurance from gambling ; "Contracts" for "futures": Commercial speculation and the gambling stigma ; Wagering in lives: the life insurance speculators ; Acquistive individuality vs. communal efficiency: conflicting policies and the love-hate relationship with risk -- pt. III. The narratives of incomplete contracts. Framing incomplete contracts ; The use and abuse of historical narrative: debates over incomplete contracts ; Evaluating the frame of incompleteness discourse. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778254003321 |
Kreitner Roy
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| Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Calculating promises : the emergence of modern American contract doctrine / / Roy Kreitner
| Calculating promises : the emergence of modern American contract doctrine / / Roy Kreitner |
| Autore | Kreitner Roy |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 242 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 346.7302 |
| Soggetto topico |
Contracts - United States - History
Promise (Law) - United States - History |
| ISBN |
9780804768054
0804768056 9781435608887 1435608887 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Gifts and promises revisited. The revolution in consideration doctrine ; The gift from beyond the grave: case law ; Responding to revolution: moving gifts and consideration through the twentieth century ; Speculating on gifts and promises -- pt. II. Speculations of contract. Distinguished gambles: the struggle to separate speculation and insurance from gambling ; "Contracts" for "futures": Commercial speculation and the gambling stigma ; Wagering in lives: the life insurance speculators ; Acquistive individuality vs. communal efficiency: conflicting policies and the love-hate relationship with risk -- pt. III. The narratives of incomplete contracts. Framing incomplete contracts ; The use and abuse of historical narrative: debates over incomplete contracts ; Evaluating the frame of incompleteness discourse. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910962172503321 |
Kreitner Roy
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| Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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