Why Is the General Measure of Compensatory Damages "Benefit of the Bargain

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Essay

Why is the general measure of compensatory damages "benefit of the bargain" rather than a measure based on returning the parties to the position that they were in prior to the contract? What do you think is the best approach?

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Definitions:

Primary Visual Cortex

The area within the brain tasked with interpreting visual data, situated in the occipital lobe.

Subtractive Colour Mixing

A process where colors are obtained by the absorption and removal of wavelengths from white light using colored filters or pigments.

Trichromatic Mixing

The theory that the human eye perceives color through the relative contributions of three primary colors: red, green, and blue.

Additive Colour Mixing

A process of combining different colors of light, where mixing various lights (red, green, blue) can produce a spectrum of colors including white.