Foundations of American Contract Law

James Gordley (, Tulane Law School)

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Oxford University Press Inc
18 January 2024

Commercial law; Contract law

One of the great enterprises of the nineteenth century was to systematize the law of contracts.

Since the mid-twentieth century, there has been general agreement that the systems have come unstuck.

Yet older doctrinal formulations have lived on.

Further intricacies have been added to already complicated doctrines.

Vague doctrines have replaced rigid ones.

The fundamental problem with nineteenth-century contract theory has been sidestepped.

Contract was defined in terms of the will of the parties. This theory could not explain why the parties are often bound by terms to which they did not consciously assent, and sometimes they are not bound by harsh terms to which they assented.

Contemporary approaches either neglect the idea of fairness entirely or explain it through liberal considerations of choice.

Foundations of American Contract Law

systematically re-examines the major doctrines of American contract law.

It presents an alternative approach that reconciles concerns about fairness, party autonomy, and the purposes that a contract serves for society and the parties themselves.

It shows how this alternative better explains the enforceability of contracts, relief for unconscionable terms, the effect of mistake, fraud, duress and changed circumstances, and problems of assent, interpretation, good faith, and remedies for breach of contract.

By: James Gordley ( Tulane Law School)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9780197686089
ISBN 10: 0197686087
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 18 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: Prologue Chapter 1. The Search for System Part II: Enforceability Chapter 2. A Critique of Current Doctrine Chapter 3. Promises to do Favors Chapter 4. Promises to Make Gifts of Money or Property Chapter 5. Fair Exchange (with Hao Jiang) Chapter 6. Voluntary Exchange (with Hao Jiang) Chapter 7. Commitment Chapter 8: Enforcement by Third Parties Part III: The Content of a Contract Chapter 9. Duties Chapter 10. Conditions Chapter 11. Conflicts in the Expression of Assent Part IV: Remedies Chapter 12. Compensation for Harm Suffered and Lost Gain Chapter 13: Compensation for the Value of Benefits Conferred Chapter 14: Disgorgement of the Value of Benefits Received

James Gordley received a BA and MBA from the University of Chicago and a JD from Harvard Law School. He taught at the Berkeley Law School from 1978-2007 where he became Shannon Cecil Turner Professor of Jurisprudence, and since then he has been W.R. Irby Distinguished University Professor at Tulane Law School. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, and a membre titulaire of the Académie internationale du droit comparé. In 2022, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Academy of Comparative Law.

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James Gordley (, Tulane Law School)

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