https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=587 The article explains that common law contract remedies evolved from tort-based writs (debt, covenant, trespass, deceit, debt-debtenu) and from characterisations of defendant conduct as misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance. It notes the development and adoption of Assumpsit to address breaches of executory promises and invokes the Roman-Germanic principle Pacta Sunt Servanda as foundational for enforcing promises. Industrialisation revealed the limits of writs, generating demands for codification to secure transparency, stability, wider remedies (notably for services) and legal accessibility, leading to national codified contract law. en-us Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:30:04 +0530 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:25:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=587 The article explains that common law contract remedies evolved from tort-based writs (debt, covenant, trespass, deceit, debt-debtenu) and from characterisations of defendant conduct as misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance. It notes the development and adoption of Assumpsit to address breaches of executory promises and invokes the Roman-Germanic principle Pacta Sunt Servanda as foundational for enforcing promises. Industrialisation revealed the limits of writs, generating demands for codification to secure transparency, stability, wider remedies (notably for services) and legal accessibility, leading to national codified contract law. Articles Other Topics Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:30:04 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=587