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impossibility doctrine: a standalone construct

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excusing contract performance after an unforeseen event, analyzed as assigning the risk to whichever party could better bear or prevent it.

In contract law, impossibility doctrine refers to excusing contract performance after an unforeseen event, analyzed as assigning the risk to whichever party could better bear or prevent it. This meaning comes from Posner (1977) in The Journal of Legal Studies.[1]

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  1. Posner, R. A., & Rosenfield, A. M. (1977). Impossibility and Related Doctrines in Contract Law: An Economic Analysis. The Journal of Legal Studies, 6(1), 83-118. https://doi.org/10.1086/467564

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