Promises on prior obligations at common law

Preface Introduction: Prior Obligations Preexisting Duty Rule and Its Reform Emergence of Preexisting Duty Rule Judicial Reform of Preexisting Duty Rule Legislative Reform of Preexisting Duty Rule Restatement Second Position Remaining Vitality of Outdated Rule Moral Obligation Principle and Past Consideration Rule Origins of Past Consideration Rule and of Moral Obligation Principle Initial Support for Mansfield's Ideas Squelched Case Precedent for Mansfield's Notion of Liability Without Prior Legal Obligation American Promissory Restitution Supported by Consideration American Promissory Restitution Supported by Moral Obligation Alone Notes Table of Cases Table of Statutes Index