Insincere promises : the law of misrepresented intent / Ian Ayres and Gregory Klass.
The authors explore what promises say from the perspectives of philosophy. economics & the law. They identity four chief mistakes that courts make in promissory fraud cases, & they offer a theory for how courts & practitioners should handle promissory fraud cases.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction,
- 2 How to Say Things with Promises
- 3 Falsehood and Responsibility
- 4 Why Promissory Fraud?
- 5 The Representation Inquiry: What Does a Promise Say?
- 6 The Veracity and Scienter Inquiries: Evidence of Falsity and Evidence of Culpability
- 7 The Landscape of Promissory Misrepresentation
- 8 False Promise: Insincere Promising as Crime
- 9 Teaching Promissory Fraud
- 10 Conclusion
- Appendix A: Draft Prestatement of the Law of Insincere Promising
- Appendix B: Promissory Fraud Abroad
- Notes
- Index.