Imagine a world where specific performance of contracts is no longer a cause of action because the contracts themselves automatically execute the agreement of the parties. Or where escrow agents are ...

The undisputed facts in Oliver appear straightforward enough for a case that sparked a somewhat extended discussion. The sellers breached a residential sales contract, for two tracts of land, ...

A recent Colorado Court of Appeals decision arising out of a business investment contract gone awry contains a lengthy (100-plus page) discussion about “specific performance.” This is a remedy that ...

When negotiating the remedy for a buyer’s failure to close an acquisition, the parties typically agree to a specific performance remedy and sometimes also agree to a reverse break-up fee. In drafting ...

The Virginia Law Review is a journal of general legal scholarship published by the students of the University of Virginia School of Law. The continuing objective of the Virginia Law Review is to ...

The American Law Register (1898-1907), Vol. 49, No. 10, Volume 40 New Series (Oct., 1901), pp. 559-579 (21 pages) ...