Calculating promises : the emergence of modern American contract doctrine /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Kreitner, Roy
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

MARC

LEADER 00000cad a2200000ua 4500
001 in00000117144
006 m o d
007 cr mnummmmuuuu
008 060807s2007 cau ob 001 0 eng d
005 20240626191143.8
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000062634870 
029 1 |a DEBBG  |b BV044091321 
029 1 |a DEBSZ  |b 449583236 
035 |a (OCoLC)798794063 
035 |a (OCoLC)ocn798794063 
040 |a NyNyACL  |b eng  |c UAB  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCF  |d KAG  |d OCLCO  |d EUW  |d EBLCP  |d OCLCQ  |d DEBSZ  |d OCLCQ  |d FIE  |d ZCU  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d ICG  |d OCLCQ  |d DKC  |d AU@  |d OCLCQ  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL 
043 |a n-us--- 
050 1 4 |a KF801 
082 0 4 |a 346.7302 
100 1 |a Kreitner, Roy. 
245 1 0 |a Calculating promises :  |b the emergence of modern American contract doctrine /  |c Roy Kreitner. 
260 |a Stanford, CA :  |b Stanford University Press,  |c 2007. 
300 |a xii, 242 pages ;  |c 24 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
506 |a Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. 
533 |a Electronic text and image data.  |b Ann Arbor, Mich. :  |c University of Michigan, Scholarly Publishing Office,  |d 2012.  |e includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text.  |f ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])  |n Mode of access: Internet. 
590 |a ProQuest Ebook Central  |b Ebook Central Academic Complete 
650 0 |a Contracts  |z United States  |x History. 
650 0 |a Promise (Law)  |z United States  |x History. 
758 |i has work:  |a Calculating promises (Text)  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGQDYfGY4k8CKxDCVcqRcd  |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 
773 0 |t ACLS Humanities E-Book.  |n URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org 
776 1 |c Original  |z 9780804753982  |w (DLC) 2006025886 
830 0 |a ACLS Humanities E-Book. 
852 |b E-Collections  |h ProQuest 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mcphs/detail.action?docID=3037570  |z Full text (MCPHS users only)  |t 0 
938 |a ProQuest Ebook Central  |b EBLB  |n EBL3037570 
947 |a FLO  |x pq-ebc-base 
999 f f |s a48c239b-159a-4720-bdf1-c5023a18520d  |i 5b9bb36d-961d-4307-8cda-6f2e9e46b114  |t 0 
952 f f |a Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences  |b Online  |c Online  |d E-Collections  |t 0  |e ProQuest  |h Other scheme 
856 4 0 |t 0  |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mcphs/detail.action?docID=3037570  |y Full text (MCPHS users only)