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Towards a Theory of Contract

2000· book-chapter· en· W2179498709 on OpenAlex

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Venuenot available
Typebook-chapter
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicLegal principles and applications
Canadian institutionsMcGill University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsObligationTortUnjust enrichmentSituatedNormativeLaw and economicsPrivate lawLawEquity (law)Breach of contractNothingPolitical scienceDamagesSociologyEpistemologyLiabilityPublic lawPhilosophyRestitutionComputer science

Abstract

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Abstract A complete theory of contract law should answer two questions. The first is an analytic question about the nature of contractual obligation. What sorts of events give rise to a contractual obligation and what is the content of the obligations thus created? In particular, how are those events and obligations similar or dissimilar to the events and obligations that are the focus of tort law, unjust enrichment law, or equity? Where, in other words, should contract be situated on the map of private law? The second question is a normative or justificatory question: how, if at all, can contract law be justified? What is the moral basis, if any, for enforcing contractual obligations? Do rights, utility, or something else-or nothing else-underpin contract law? The analytic and normative questions are related. The justification for contractual obligation turns in part on what sort of a thing a contractual obligation is. And-though the point is more complex and controversial-our understanding of the nature of contractual obligations is determined in part by our views on what sorts of obligations are, or at least might conceivably be, legitimately enforced.

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Other · Consensus signal: Other
Teacher disagreement score0.637
Threshold uncertainty score0.974

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0270.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.037
GPT teacher head0.305
Teacher spread0.267 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

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