PT147.S2.P4.Q23

PrepTest 147 - Section 2 - Passage 4 - Question 23

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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.
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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.
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.
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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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23.

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a

A publishing house ██ ███████ ██ █ █████ ██ ██████ █ ██████████ ██ █ ██████ █████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ ████████ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ███ ███ ████████ ███ ████████████ ████ ██████████

This doesn’t involve compelling the publishing house to do what it agreed to do (publish the manuscript).

17%
b

A systems analyst ███ ███████ ██ ████ ███ █ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ███ ██████████ ██ ██ ██ ███████ ██ █ █████ ██ ██████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ████ ███ ████████ ███ ███ ███████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ███ ███ ██████████ ███████

This is an example of the court ordering the parties to do what they have agreed to do (the analyst is forced to work for the company, the company is required to pay the analyst’s salary).

65%
c

A building contractor ███ ███ ████████ ███ ████ ███████ █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ █ █████████ ███ ███ ████████████ ██ █ ███ ████ ███ █████ ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ██ ███████ ██ ████████ ███ ██ ███ █████ ██ █ ███ ██████████ ███ ████ ████████ ███ █████████████

This doesn’t involve the contractor being forced to do what it agreed to do (complete the project).

7%
d

A dealer in ████ ███████ █████████ ██ ███████ ██ ██████ █ ██████████ ███████ ████ ███████ ███ █ █████ █████ ██ ██████ █████████ ███ ████████ ███ █████ ███ ███ █████ ████ ███ ███████ ████████████ ██ █████████████

This doesn’t involve the dealer or buyer being forced to do what they agreed to do (sell the item, pay for the item).

6%
e

An engineer who ███ ██████ ██ ████ ███ █ ███████ ███████ ███ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ████ █████ ██ █ ██████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ ███ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ██████████ ███ █████████

This doesn’t involve the engineer being forced to do what she agreed to do (work for the company).

6%

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