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964051
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b718421
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| Main Entry
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Ayres, Ian,1959-
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Insincere promises : : the law of misrepresented intent /\ Ian Ayres and Gregory Klass.
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| Publication Statement
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New Haven :: Yale University Press,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (x, 306 pages)
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0300106750
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: 0300127138
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: 1281740713
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: 9780300106756
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: 9780300127133
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: 9781281740717
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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""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""
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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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Declaration of intention.
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Fraud.
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Promise (Law)
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Declaration of intention.
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Fraud.
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LAW-- Criminal Law-- General.
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LAW-- General.
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Promise (Law)
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| Dewey Classification
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345/.04
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K830.A99 2005eb
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Klass, Gregory.
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