Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
How has equity been received in the United States? Two themes stand out. One is that of ‘nice adjustment’: the case-specific adjustment of legal rules to avoid the harsh results of applying rules to unforeseen circumstances. The second is the idea of judicial command: ordering the particular defendant in the circumstances to do equity without contradicting the common law. While the former has waned in the US, the latter has overly strengthened. The reasons of legal culture are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Bray, Samuel L., "Equity" (2019). Book Chapters. 27.
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/book_chapters/27
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Publication Information
in Equity and Law: Fusion and Fission 31 (John C.P. Goldberg, Henry E. Smith & P.G. Turner eds., 2019).
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