PT147.S2.P4.Q24

PrepTest 147 - Section 2 - Passage 4 - Question 24

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A remedy that courts sometimes use in disputes involving a breach of contract is simply to compel the participants in the contract to do precisely what they have agreed to do. ████████ ████████████ ██ ████ ████████ ██ ███████ ███ ██ ████ ██ ██ ███████████ ██ ████████ ██████████████ ███ ██ █████████ ███ ███ ███ ███ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █ █████████ ██████ ██ █████ ██ ████████████ ███ ███ ████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ██ █████████ ███

Intro to Topic · Courts sometimes use "specific performance" as an alternative to monetary damages
Specific performance means compelling the parties to the contract to do exactly what they contracted to do.
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Main Point · As a remedy, specific performance is sometimes better than monetary damages, sometimes not.
I'm guessing this is the main point and the rest of the passage will support this position.
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Premise · Situations when specific performance is better
In situations where it's difficult to place a monetary value on fulfilling the contract, specific performance is a great remedy.
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Example · Selling an object with high subjective value
Monetary damages would hard to implement because there's no way to properly assign how much value a highly sentimental object has.
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Premise · Situations when specific performance is worse
I.e., where monetary damages is better.
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Example · When one party refuses to perform the contracted for work
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Rationale · Difficult to enforce
Forcing someone to perform a service requires a lot of coercion. The compelled party would be extremely dissatisfied which could lead to further problems.
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Better Alternative Remedy · Monetary damages
The breaching party can just be ordered to pay monetary compensation to the injured party and be done with it.
Passage Style
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24.

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Often specific performance ██ ████ █████ ███ ████ ███ ██████ █████ ███████████ ███████████ ██ █████████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████

The author opposes specific performance of employment contracts.

4%
b

While specific performance █████ ███ █████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ████████ ████████ ███ ███████ ██████ ██ ███████ ███████ ███ ████████ ████████ █████████████ ██████████████

There’s no evidence that the author believes specific performance costs less to enforce than monetary damages in employment contract cases.

27%
c

Enforcement of specific ███████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ████ █████ █████ █████ ██ ████ ████ █████ ███████████

Supported. The author is opposed to an order of specific performance of an employment contract.

54%
d

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There's no evidence the author would find specific enforcement appropriate even if the person fails to pay monetary damages. We know the author opposes specific performance in cases of failure to undertake employment as contracted.

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e

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The author doesn’t present information on how often specific performance is considered in these cases compared to other cases involving refusal to perform services.

6%

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