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The only universal consequence of a legally binding promise is, that the law makes the promisor pay damages if the promised event does not come to pass.

Matthew Yglesias » Promises and Penalties 2010

At last, we can demand that the promisor put some money where his or her mouth is.

Could You Lose a Pound a Week to Save $500? A Guest Post - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

At last, we can demand that the promisor put some money where his or her mouth is.

Could You Lose a Pound a Week to Save $500? A Guest Post - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Consider the following two contracts: one binds its signer to a range of financial obligations but can be terminated at will, albeit at a monetary cost; the other commits its promisor to eight years of labor and carries the potential for criminal charges if violated.

Rachel Natelson: A Tale of Two Contracts 2009

The problem with a 3PB provision, especially one supplied after the fact by a court, is that the promisor does not know to whom she is making promises.

Third Party Beneficiaries and Other Fantastical Beasts in Virtual Worlds 2009

I really appreciate that quality, in my role of promisee as well as promisor.

By Their Fruits: How Can We Know What's Right to Do? 2008

One could then argue that reasons of special obligation supervene upon relationships between friends, between promisor and promisee, etc.

Special Obligations Jeske, Diane 2008

Similarly, a promisor exercises a power-right to create in the promisee a claim that the promisor will perform a certain action.

Rights Wenar, Leif 2007

The promisor's exercise of her power-right to promise creates in the promisee a claim that the promisor do what she promised to do.

Rights Wenar, Leif 2007

Thus, Ysaying to Z “I promise x” effects the coordination of the behaviour of Yas promisor and

John Stuart Mill Wilson, Fred 2007