Contents
Acknowledgements;
Introduction;
1. On the Nature and Value of Promise Fried's Argument: Convention, Social Practice, Trust Trust as a Condition Why Promise? Why Want a Promise? What is Wrong with Breaking a Promise? The Value of Promise Promises between Strangers;
2. Normativity, Trust and Threats I. The Disjunctive View II. Normativity and Threats in Personal Relations;
3. The Nature and Value of Contractual Relations I. Contracts and the Role of Trust II. Contracts, Promises and Special Relations;
4. Remedies The Standard Remedy and the Theory of the Practice Choosing a Performance Remedy: Why Not Specific Performance? The Harm Principle and Remedies for Breach Mitigation The Freedom to Change One's Mind;
5. Freedom of Contract, Freedom from Contract I. Freedom of Contract II. Freedom from Contract;
Bibliography;
Index.