How often our actions go awry because our perceptions are at odds with reality! This book examines the legal issues that arise when we seek to avoid the untoward consequences of an action by claiming that our perception was flawed. We all make mistakes. Some have unfortunate consequences: we might overpay a debt or make an unfavourable contract, or we might be sued or accused of a crime as a result of our mistake. Claims to alleviation on the grounds of mistake are likely to arise wherever the law prescribes a state of mind (some kind of intent) as a prerequisite for the application of a legal rule. This book asks when the fact that a person made a mistake should entitle them to alleviation. This may involve the intention to enter into a contract or a payment, in which case a person could seek its reversal, or it might involve the intent to commit a tort or crime, in which case they could seek forgiveness for the offence. Farnsworth defines 'alleviating' mistakes as those which entitle a person to relief from untoward consequences of their mistake. There is no general 'law of mistake', and despite their similarities, few discussions of mistake in one setting pause to consider mistakes in other contexts. The goals of fields as disparate as contracts and criminal law are very different: how do these differences affect the treatment of mistakes? Farnsworth sets out a new taxonomy of mistakes. His analysis reveals that over the past century, there has been a remarkable increase in the receptivity of courts and scholars to claims for both reversal and forgiveness--a waxing of alleviating mistakes.

Alleviating Mistakes: Reversal and Forgiveness for Flawed Perceptions

Farnsworth, E. Allan

Legal Theory & Systems

Oxford University Press

In the updated, fourth edition of this classic text which has been translated into over a dozen languages, constitutional scholar and Columbia Law School professor E. Allan Farnsworth provides a clear explanation of the structure and function of the U.S. legal system in one handy reference. An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States, Fourth Edition is designed to be a general introduction to the structure and function of the legal system of the United States, and is especially useful for those readers who lack familiarity with fundamental establishments and practices. This text also gives the reader a clear understanding of how to research the law, the importance of case law versus statutes, and the difference between private and public law. It illustrates issues that may be confusing or troublesome and provides a solid general overview. It includes a new introduction by Steve Sheppard.

An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States, Fourth Edition

Legal Education

When does the law permit you to change your mind and reverse a decision you have made? In this masterful book, one of the foremost authorities on American contract law considers the general principles and legal rules that bear on this question. Drawing on many fields―contracts, torts, property, trusts, wills, agency, and even family law and procedure―E. Allan Farnsworth identifies and discusses six such principles. Using real legal cases as well as an array of nonlegal sources ranging from Rousseau and Martin Luther to Shirley MacLaine and Willie Nelson, Farnsworth illustrates the importance of the principles that govern the irrevocability of a commitment (as by a promise) and the irreversibility of a relinquishment (as by a gift) or preclusion (as by prescription). He discusses deficiencies in the law―such as the preoccupation with the reliance principle, the neglect of other principles, the propensity to find promise, and the tendency toward legal paternalism―and offers suggestions to eliminate anomalies, correct shortcomings, and further the rationalization of the legal concepts that pertain to regretted decisions.

Changing Your Mind: The Law of Regretted Decisions

Business

Yale University Press

This eagerly awaited revision of a prestigious student treatise helps professors demystify the intricacies of contract law. Long respected for its clarity and accessibility, Contracts, in its completely updated Fourth Edition, continues to illuminate doctrine and practice.
 The textbook builds on its well-known strengths: Comprehensive coverage of all of the topics that figure prominently in most contracts courses. Intuitive, insightful approach for first-year law students... Clear explanations of the rules, illustrated with noteworthy examples. Incorporation of many recent cases into examples. Clear prose and incisive analysis Reflection of the expertise of the author, who has also written a successful practitioner treatise. Suitability for use alongside any casebook. The Fourth Edition keeps pace with developments in the field, providing: Detailed comparisons of the contract rules of 2003, revised Article 2 (2003), with previous Article 2. Citations to revised Articles 1 and 9. Citations to dozens of new cases, including those applying CISG (Vienna Sales Convention) and reference to current decisions in such areas as employment agreements, enforceability of arbitration clauses, anti-nuptial contracts, liquidated damages, pre-contractual liability, and electronic contracting. Citations to new law journal articles and updated citations to other secondary sources. Learning contract law will be less daunting when the Fourth Edition of E. Allan Farnsworth's Contracts is available for extra assistance.

Contracts

Little,Brown

Farnsworth on Contracts (3 Vols.)

 Bring the expertise of America's foremost authority on contracts into your  practice with this comprehensive three-volume set. Farnsworth on  Contracts, Third Edition is where doctrine meets practice. Busy  practitioners count on Farnsworth's proven ability to identify the essentials  and omit extraneous material. His comprehensive coverage of the full range of  contract law answers questions in hundreds of important areas, including:    Good faith and fair dealing   Precontractual liability   Agreements to negotiate   Vienna Convention on International Sales Contracts   UNIDROIT principles   Constitututional issues   Settlement of disputed claims by check   Options and rights of first refusal   Employee handbooks   Covenants not to compete   Self-help measures    Farnsworth illustrates how contemporary contract law has been shaped by both  the Restatement (Second) of Contracts -- for which he served as Reporter --  and the Uniform Commercial Code. Easy access to specifics, new cases, new  drafting tips, new references, and timesaving features like cross-referenced  cases and marginal headings make this three-volume set a valuable resource for  contracts research and practice, including litigation and arbitration.  Farnsworth on Contracts, Third Edition is the most authoritative  contracts treatise available.       

Farnsworth on contracts

Legal Self-Help

Briefly describes the development, fundamental structure, and operation of the American legal system

An introduction to the legal system of the United States

An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States

Oceana Pubns

In this classic text, translated into over a dozen languages, constitutional scholar and Columbia Law School professor E. Allan Farnsworth provides a clear explanation of the structure and function of the U.S. legal system in one handy reference. An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States is designed to be a general introduction to the structure and function of the legal system of the United States, and is especially useful for those readers who lack familiarity with fundamental establishments and practices. This text also gives the reader a clear understanding of how to research the law, the importance of case law versus statutes, and the difference between private and public law. It illustrates issues that may be confusing or troublesome and provides a solid general overview.

Introduction to the Legal System of the United States

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Alleviating Mistakes: Reversal and Forgiveness for Flawed Perceptions

An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States, Fourth Edition

Changing Your Mind: The Law of Regretted Decisions

Contracts

Farnsworth on Contracts (3 Vols.)

Farnsworth on contracts

An introduction to the legal system of the United States

An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States

An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States

Introduction to the Legal System of the United States