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21 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1073 (1987-1988)
A New Look at Material Breach in the Law of Contracts

handle is hein.journals/davlr21 and id is 1085 raw text is: U.C. DAVIS LAW REVIEW Universiy of California Davis VOLUME 21 SUMMER 1988 NUMBER 4 ARTICLES A New Look at Material Breach in the Law of Contracts Eric G. Andersen* I. The Conventional Understanding of Material Breach .. 1077 A. Material Breach and Constructive Conditions of Exchange .................................. 1077 B. The Meaning of Materiality .................. 1081 1. Material Breach in the Restatements ........ 1082 2. Judicial Application of the Material Breach D octrine ............................... 1089 II. A Remedial Approach to Material Breach ........... 1092 A. Material Breach and Remedial Policy .......... 1093 B. The Interests Impaired When a Contract is Breached .................................. 1095 C. The Burden of the Material Breach Doctrine: Protecting the Interest in Future Performance .... 1101 * Professor of Law, University of Iowa. B.A. 1974, J.D. 1977, Brigham Young University. The author is grateful to those kind enough to read and criticize drafts of this Article. In particular, thanks are due to Catherine Andersen, Steven J. Burton, Richard A. Matasar, H. Jefferson Powell, David H. Vernon, and William F. Young. Steven M. Christenson and Barter G. Pace provided valuable research assistance. 1073