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Contract law and economics

This unique and timely book offers an up-to-date, clear and comprehensive review of the economic literature on contract law.
Print Book, English, ©2011
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, ©2011
viii, 482 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9781847206008, 184720600X
705272884
Precontractual liability / Eleonora C. Melato
Contractual mistake and misrepresentation / Qi Zhou
Duress / Péter Cserne
Gratuitous promises / Robert A. Prentice
Gifts, wills and inheritance law / Pierre Pestieau
Standard form contracts / Clayton P. Gillette
Interpretation and implied terms in contract law / George M. Cohen
Contract remedies : general / Paul G. Mahoney
Penalty clauses and liquidated damages / Steven Walt
Impossibility and impracticality / Donald J. Smythe
Foreseeability / Peter van Wijck
Option contracts and the holdup problem / Abraham L. Wickelgren
Warranties / Klaus Wehrt
Long-term contracts and relational contracts / Nick van der Beek
Long-term contracts in the law and economics literature / Mireia Artigot i Golobardes and Fernando Gómez Pomar
Marriage contracts / Antony W. Dnes
Franchise contracts / Antony W. Dnes
Behavioral approaches to contract law / Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe
The civil law of contract / Ejan Mackaay
Unjust enrichment and quasi-contracts / Christopher T. Wonnell