1 Introduction 1 Introduction
1.1 Restatements / Statutes 1.1 Restatements / Statutes
R2K § 1 R2K § 1
§ 1. Contract Defined
A contract is a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy, or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty.
R2K § 2 R2K § 2
§ 2. Promise; Promisor; Promisee; Beneficiary
(1) A promise is a manifestation of intention to act or refrain from acting in a specified way, so made as to justify a promisee in understanding that a commitment has been made.
(2) The person manifesting the intention is the promisor.
(3) The person to whom the manifestation is addressed is the promisee.
(4) Where performance will benefit a person other than the promisee, that person is a beneficiary.
1.1.1. Legal theory lexicon: utilitarianism
1.1.2. Deontology - Right/Wrong theories
1.1.3 Introduction to private law entitlements 1.1.3 Introduction to private law entitlements
From Merges, “Intellectual Property Rights and Private Law Entitlements,” in Handbook on Property Law & Theory (Edward Elgar, 2024)
Article link:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4579378
Read Section II., pp. 4-10
Source: From Merges, “Intellectual Property Rights and Private Law Entitlements,” in Handbook on Property Law & Theory (Edward Elgar, 2024).