Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2. How to Say Things with Promises 19
6. Chapter 3. Falsehood and Responsibility 46
7. Chapter 4. Why Promissory Fraud? 59
8. Chapter 5. The Representation Inquiry: What Does a Promise Say? 83
9. Chapter 6. The Veracity and Scienter Inquiries: Evidence of Falsity and Evidence of Culpability 113
10. Chapter 7. The Landscape of Promissory Misrepresentation 142
11. Chapter 8. False Promise: Insincere Promising as Crime 170
12. Chapter 9. Teaching Promissory Fraud 194
13. Chapter 10. Conclusion 201
14. Appendix A: Draft Prestatement of the Law of Insincere Promising 206
15. Appendix B: Promissory Fraud Abroad 210
16. Notes 215
17. Index 285