TY - BOOK ID - 77867659 TI - Insincere promises AU - Ayres, Ian AU - Klass, Gregory PY - 2005 SN - 1281740713 9786611740719 0300127138 9780300127133 9780300106756 0300106750 9781281740717 PB - New Haven Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Promise (Law) KW - Declaration of intention. KW - Fraud. KW - Commercial fraud KW - Deceit KW - Misrepresentation (Crime) KW - Commercial crimes KW - Deception KW - Torts KW - Hoaxes KW - Impostors and imposture KW - Declaration of intention KW - Declarations (Law) KW - Expression of intention KW - Intention, Declaration of KW - Civil law KW - Consent (Law) KW - Juristic acts KW - Obligations (Law) KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77867659 AB - How can a promise be a lie? Answer: when the promisor never intended to perform the promise. Such incidences of promissory fraud are frequently litigated because they can result in punitive damages awards. And an insincere promisor can even be held criminally liable. Yet courts have provided little guidance about what the scope of liability should be or what proof should be required. This book-the first ever devoted to the analysis of promissory fraud-answers these questions. Filled with examples of insincere promising from the case law as well as from literature and popular culture, the book is an indispensable guide for those who practice or teach contract law. The authors explore what promises say from the perspectives of philosophy, economics, and the law. They identify four chief mistakes that courts make in promissory fraud cases. And they offer a theory for how courts and practitioners should handle promissory fraud cases. ER -