Accounting for Profit for Breach of Contract: Theory and Practice

by H.J.M. Barnett

Book Overview

This book defends the view that an award of an account of profits (or 'disgorgement damages') for breach of contract will sometimes be justifiable, and fits within the orthodox principles and cases in contract law. However there is some confusion as to when such an award should be made. The moral bases for disgorgement damages are deterrence and punishment, which shape the remedy in important ways. Courts are also concerned with vindication of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849462518
• ISBN13: 9781849462518
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"