Self-study
P1
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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.
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.
P2
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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.
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.
P3
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Premise ·
Situations when specific performance is worse
I.e., where monetary damages is better.
Example ·
When one party refuses to perform the contracted for work
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.
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
Single position
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The author does not make predictions about what would happen if specific performance or monetary damages become the standard approach. Although the author does indicate that specific performance in cases where it’s not appropriate can lead to certain harmful consequences, this doesn’t constitute a prediction about the consequences of making specific performance a standard approach. In any case, the primary purpose isn’t to make predictions about consequences, it’s to discuss conditions that make specific performance more or less appropriate than monetary damages as a remedy.
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The author doesn’t argue for a new set of standards for using specific performance or monetary damages. The author simply discusses conditions under which specific performance is more or less appropriate than monetary damages.
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Although the author does describe the difference between monetary damages and specific performance, the primary purpose isn’t to explain this difference. The passage focuses on the conditions under which one kind of remedy is more or less appropriate than the other. This goes beyond mere description of differences.
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The author doesn’t discuss how we evaluate evidence.
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This best captures the purpose as explained above. The two legal remedies are specific performance and monetary damages. The passage explores conditions that make one kind of remedy more appropriate to apply than the other.