Defeating Reasonable Reliance

University of Tasmania Law Review, Vol. 18, p. 180, 1999

Posted: 6 May 2008

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Michael G. Pratt

Queen's University - Faculty of Law

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

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

Michael Gordon Pratt (Contact Author)

Queen's University - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Canada

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