Defeating Reasonable Reliance
University of Tasmania Law Review, Vol. 18, p. 180, 1999
Posted: 6 May 2008
Date Written: 1999
Abstract
In this article I critically examine the reliance-based theory of promissory estoppel that has attracted widespread support among Anglo-Australian contract law theorists in recent years. I argue that no appeal to reliance or reasonable reliance can justify the kind of liability that arises in estoppel.
Keywords: Estoppel, Australian Estoppel, Reliance, Contract
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Pratt, Michael Gordon, Defeating Reasonable Reliance (1999). University of Tasmania Law Review, Vol. 18, p. 180, 1999, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1129827
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