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3 - Contract Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2023

Shawn Bayern
Shawn Bayern
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Florida State University
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This chapter responds to leading arguments about contract remedies, including the theory of efficient breach, contract interpretation, rules of disclosure (or permitting nondisclosure), consideration, and other topics in contract law. It shows how little progress the law-and-economics movement has made in understanding most areas of contract law, despite the obvious connections between contracts and economics.

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laweconomicslaw and economicslegal economicscommon lawprivate lawcontract lawcontractsefficient breachinterpretationdisclosureunconscionability
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The Analytical Failures of Law and Economics , pp. 84 - 152
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Contract Law
  • Shawn Bayern, Florida State University
  • Book: The Analytical Failures of Law and Economics
  • Online publication: 14 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009159203.004
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  • Contract Law
  • Shawn Bayern, Florida State University
  • Book: The Analytical Failures of Law and Economics
  • Online publication: 14 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009159203.004
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  • Contract Law
  • Shawn Bayern, Florida State University
  • Book: The Analytical Failures of Law and Economics
  • Online publication: 14 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009159203.004
Available formats
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