Money awards in contract law
Samenvatting
The quantification of money awards for breach of contract is a topic of both significant theoretical interest and immense practical importance. Recent debates have ranged from the availability of gain-based awards to the theoretical basis for principles of remoteness and mitigation. While these and other important issues, such as the recovery of compensation for non-pecuniary loss, are touched upon, the book's principal objective is to challenge the orthodox understanding of the expectation principle, as famously laid down by Parke B in Robinson v Harman. According to this understanding, the usual objective of money awards for breach of contract is to compensate for 'loss' suffered by reference to the position the innocent party would have occupied had the contract been performed. After challenging this orthodoxy, Dr Winterton proposes a new account of the money awards provided in response to breach of contract which draws an important distinction between substitutionary and compensatory awards. The book aims to provide a coherent picture of contractual rights and remedies and will be of interest to judges, practitioners and academics alike.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgements
Detailed Contents
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Introduction
Part I: The Inadequacy of the Orthodox Understanding
of Contractual Money Awards
1. An Overview of the Orthodox Account
2. The Doctrinal Inaccuracy of the Orthodox Account
3. Conceptual and Terminological Difficulties with the Orthodox Account
Part II: A New Account of Contractual Money Awards
4. Foundations of the New Account
5. Money Awards that Substitute for Performance
6. Money Awards that Compensate for Loss
Part III: The New Account in Practice
7. Explaining Some Important Decisions in Tension with the Orthodox Account
8. Defusing Some Potential Doctrinal Objections
Conclusion
Index
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- aanbestedingsrecht
- aansprakelijkheids- en verzekeringsrecht
- accountancy
- algemeen juridisch
- arbeidsrecht
- bank- en effectenrecht
- bestuursrecht
- bouwrecht
- burgerlijk recht en procesrecht
- europees-internationaal recht
- fiscaal recht
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- management
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- strafrecht en criminologie
- vastgoed- en huurrecht
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