Michael G. Pratt

Queen's University - Faculty of Law

Macdonald Hall

Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 K7L3N6

Canada

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Damages for Breach of Contracts with Alternative Performances

THE LAW OF REMEDIES: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE COMMON LAW, J. Berryman and R. Bigwood, eds., Irwin Law, 2008
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 29 May 2008
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Contracts, Breach, Damages, Assessment

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Contract: Not Promise

Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 4, Queen's Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1010229
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Sep 2007
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Contract, Promise, Shiffrin, Obligation, Intention

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Promises, Contracts and Voluntary Obligations

Law and Philosophy, Vol. 26, No. 6, p. 531, 2007
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 07 May 2008
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Contracts, Promises, Obligations, Raz, Rawls, Hume

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Disclaimers of Contractual Liability and Voluntary Obligations

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Disclaimers of Contractual Liability and Voluntary Obligations

Pratt, M. (2014). Disclaimers of Contractual Liability and Voluntary Obligations. Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 51(3), Forthcoming., Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 53/2014
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 25 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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contract theory, voluntary obligation, intention, disclaimer

Disclaimers of Contractual Liability and Voluntary Obligations

Osgoode Hall Law Journal 51(1) 2014, Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2015-006
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Mar 2015
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Contracts, Contract Theory, Disclaimers, Intention, Voluntariness

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Some Features of Promises and Their Obligations

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Some Features of Promises and Their Obligations

(2014) 52(3) Southern Journal of Philosophy
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Sep 2014
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Promises, Promising, Obligations, Voluntary Obligations

Some Features of Promises and Their Obligations

The Southern Journal of Philosophy 52(3) 2014, Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2015-007
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2015
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Promises, Promising, Voluntary Obligations

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What Would the Defendant Have Done But for the Wrong?

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Sep 2019
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Damages, Counterfactuals, Compensation, Contract, Tort

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Nietzsche and the Capacity to Contract

Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, Vol. 22, p. 84, 1998
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 07 May 2008
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Nietzsche, Promises

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Betterment

(2017) 40:1 Dal LJ 67-105
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Aug 2017
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Betterment, Damages, Compensation

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Why Are Deposits Deducted from Damages?

Queen’s University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Jan 2025
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Damages, Contracts, Deposits

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Waiving Conditions Precedent

Queen's University Legal Research Paper
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 Feb 2025
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Conditions precedent, Conditions, Waiver, Contracts

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Identifying the Harm Done: A Critique of the Reliance Theory of Estoppel

Adelaide Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999
Posted: 07 May 2008
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law

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Estoppel, Australian Estoppel, Promise, Reliance

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Promises and Perlocutions

SCANLON'S CONTRACTUALISM: READINGS & RESPONSES, Matt Mattravers, ed., p. 93, Taylor and Francis, 2003
Posted: 06 May 2008
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law

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Promises; Promising; Scanlon, T.M.

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Defeating Reasonable Reliance

University of Tasmania Law Review, Vol. 18, p. 180, 1999
Posted: 06 May 2008
Michael G. Pratt
Queen's University - Faculty of Law

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Estoppel, Australian Estoppel, Reliance, Contract