Book contents
- Contract Law and Social Morality
- Contract Law and Social Morality
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Grounds for a Supplemental Approach
- 1 Individuals and Relationships
- 2 Authority’s Limits
- 3 Promises and Obligations
- 4 Maximization and Cooperation
- Part II Values-Balancing Legal Reasoning
- Part III Applications
- References
- Index
3 - Promises and Obligations
from Part I - Grounds for a Supplemental Approach
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2021
- Contract Law and Social Morality
- Contract Law and Social Morality
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Grounds for a Supplemental Approach
- 1 Individuals and Relationships
- 2 Authority’s Limits
- 3 Promises and Obligations
- 4 Maximization and Cooperation
- Part II Values-Balancing Legal Reasoning
- Part III Applications
- References
- Index
Summary
Moral principles governing promising and the social practice ofpromising leave gaps that can be implemented through values-balancing reasoning.
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- Contract Law and Social Morality , pp. 41 - 52Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021