A When Is Specific Performance Available to Enforce a Contract

question 59

Essay

a. When is specific performance available to enforce a contract?
b. Under what circumstances will a court grant specific performance to enforce a contract involving personal services?
c. What remedy did the court award in the Madison Square Garden case? Explain why the court chose this remedy.

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Definitions:

Gender

The range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity, socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes a given society considers appropriate for men and women.

Nature

The physical world and everything in it, such as plants, animals, mountains, oceans, and stars, that is not made by humans.

Genes

The basic physical and functional units of heredity, made up of DNA, that determine specific characteristics by encoding proteins.

MBTI

A psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions, based on Carl Jung's theory of psychological types.