Sentimental damages in English contract law : a critical analysis

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dc.contributor.advisorHutchinson, Daleen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorEmurwon, Brian Kwameen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-16T10:27:44Z
dc.date.available2015-03-16T10:27:44Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation's primary hypothesis is that the angst-spawning confusion plaguing this area of law stems from a feckless amalgamation of parallel, if not competing, notions of loss. Let me explain. When a promisee seeks judicial relief for breach, the court habitually applies two deeply-ingrained presumptions of fact whose status has been unconsciously elevated to rules of law.10 These judicial presumptions are that: 1. The promisee's concern is loss of performance and not loss of promise; and (After confining the matter to loss of performance) 2. The promisee's performance interest is essentially pecuniary value (profit) and not non-pecuniary value (utility). The Addis case illustrates the sad result of focusing on performance in a situation where the predominant loss caused by breach is promissory in character (Presumption 1). Farley, on the other hand, promotes the commercial agenda by perpetuating the notion that financial loss is the premier interest of contract as law (Presumption 2). This dissertation tests the above hypothesis by evaluating the prohibition on mental distress damages.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationEmurwon, B. K. (2012). <i>Sentimental damages in English contract law : a critical analysis</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Private Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12609en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationEmurwon, Brian Kwame. <i>"Sentimental damages in English contract law : a critical analysis."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Private Law, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12609en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEmurwon, B. 2012. Sentimental damages in English contract law : a critical analysis. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Emurwon, Brian Kwame AB - This dissertation's primary hypothesis is that the angst-spawning confusion plaguing this area of law stems from a feckless amalgamation of parallel, if not competing, notions of loss. Let me explain. When a promisee seeks judicial relief for breach, the court habitually applies two deeply-ingrained presumptions of fact whose status has been unconsciously elevated to rules of law.10 These judicial presumptions are that: 1. The promisee's concern is loss of performance and not loss of promise; and (After confining the matter to loss of performance) 2. The promisee's performance interest is essentially pecuniary value (profit) and not non-pecuniary value (utility). The Addis case illustrates the sad result of focusing on performance in a situation where the predominant loss caused by breach is promissory in character (Presumption 1). Farley, on the other hand, promotes the commercial agenda by perpetuating the notion that financial loss is the premier interest of contract as law (Presumption 2). This dissertation tests the above hypothesis by evaluating the prohibition on mental distress damages. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Sentimental damages in English contract law : a critical analysis TI - Sentimental damages in English contract law : a critical analysis UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12609 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12609
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationEmurwon BK. Sentimental damages in English contract law : a critical analysis. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Private Law, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12609en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Private Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPrivate Lawen_ZA
dc.titleSentimental damages in English contract law : a critical analysisen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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