Promises and Contract Law: Comparative Perspectives

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Legal principles and applications European and International Contract Law Comparative International Legal Studies

Abstract

Part I. Theoretical and Historical Introduction: 1. The concept of promise 2. Promises as obligations: morality and law 3. The historical development of promissory ideas in the law Part II. The Modern Law: 4. Formation of contract 5. Third party rights 6. Contractual remedies 7. The renunciation of contractual rights Part III. The Future: 8. The future of promise in contract law.

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