Self-paced
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
26.
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a
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b
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Although specific performance is appropriate for personal property that is “unique or of such subjective importance to the buyer that there is no way to assign an accurate financial measure of the buyer’s loss in not possessing the item,” we have no reason to think this circumstance is present in most cases involving contracts for sale of personal property.
c
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An award of monetary damages is also a coercive remedy. So it doesn’t make sense for the author to agree with (C). Although the author believes the “kind of coercion” that specific remedy involves is inappropriate for employment contracts, this doesn’t imply that monetary damages aren’t coercive.
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The author doesn’t suggest that specific performance can be successful only in these cases. For example, the author believes this remedy is appropriate when property is “unique” — regardless of the objective value of the property.
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Not supported. The author believes some remedies are more appropriate than others depending on the circumstances. So the author may want remedies limited to only one option, depending on the case.