Duress and Undue Influence in Contract Law as Cognitive Trespass

Authors

Jeffrey L. Harrison, University of Florida Levin College of LawFollow

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Pure and Active Advantage-Taking

III. Are There Justifications for the Permissive Approach? … A. The Economics ... 1. Efficiency and Investment in Advantage-Taking Strategies ... i. A Paretian Standard ... ii. Kaldor-Hicks and Selling Your Will ... iii. Advantage-Taking as Theft ... iv. The Opportunistic Avoidance Issue ... B. Philosophical Questions

IV. Information, Offers, and Threats

V. The Science

VI. Survey of the Literature

VII. The State of the Law ... A. Duress ... B. Undue Influence

VIII. Concluding Comments and Problem Areas

Recommended Citation

Jeffrey L. Harrison, Duress and Undue Influence in Contract Law as Cognitive Trespass, 98 Neb. L. Rev. 970 (2019)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol98/iss4/6