What Is the Policy Rationale for Contractual Quantum Meruit

question 56

Multiple Choice

What is the policy rationale for contractual quantum meruit?

• A) The assistance provided by implied terms is sporadic and uncertain.
• B) It is not the intention of the parties that goods or services are provided for free.
• C) Parties who fail to document their contracts should nonetheless be bound by their promises.
• D) The parties' intention to impose a penalty should be upheld.

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Definitions:

Mexican Cession

A territory of present-day California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming that Mexico ceded to the United States in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Mexico

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Nativism

The political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including by supporting immigration-restriction measures.

Liberty Party

Abolitionist political party that nominated James G. Birney for president in 1840 and 1844; merged with the Free Soil Party in 1848.