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26 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 959 (1992)
Freedom from Reliance: A Contract Approach to Express Warranty

handle is hein.journals/sufflr26 and id is 979 raw text is: FREEDOM FROM RELIANCE: A CONTRACT APPROACH TO EXPRESS WARRANTY* Sidney Kwestel** Introduction ................................................... 960 I. Creation of an Express Warranty Absent a Statute: Contract Approach ........................................ 971 A. Promise or Affirmation as to an Existing or Past Fact or Condition-A Question of Interpretation ............... 971 1. Prom ise ........................................... 971 2. Affirmation of Fact ................................ 975 3. W ritten Contract .................................. 979 4. Oral Contract ...................................... 981 B. Contract Formation: No Reliance Required ............ 982 1. Introduction ....................................... 982 2. Manifestations of Mutual Assent: No Reliance R equired .......................................... 983 3. Communication of Offer ........................... 985 4. Consideration: No Reliance Required .............. 986 C. Case Law ............................................. 988 II. Creation of an Express Warranty: U.C.C. Section 2-313's Basis of the Bargain ...... .............................. 992 A. Contract Approach .................................... 992 B. Reliance Approach .................................... 1000 C. Commentators ......................................... 1004 1. Reliance Approach ................................. 1004 2. Reasonable Expectation Approach .................. 1005 III. Express Warranties: Contract v. Reliance Approach- Practical Differences ....................................... 1011 A . H ypothetical 1 ........................................ 1011 1. Contract Approach ................................ 1011 2. Reliance Approach ................................. 1011 B. H ypothetical 2 ........................................ 1012 1. Contract Approach ................................ 1012 2. Reliance Approach ................................. 1016 C. H ypothetical 3 ........................................ 1017 * Copyright © 1992 Sidney Kwestel ** Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. B.A. 1958, Yeshiva University; J.D. 1961, New York University. The author gratefully acknowledges the valuable comments of Michael Malina, Esq., a part- ner of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, and the research assistance of Marda Rosenbaum.

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