Doctrine of Consideration
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Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
The contract-law rule that a promise made without consideration (advantage to the promisor) is void, cited as a doctrine built up entirely through judicial decisions.
A judge who applies to a particular case the principle that a promise made without any consideration, or in popular language a promise for which the promisor gets no advantage, is void, certainly may do no more than apply or interpret a well-known legal principle.
The Genius of the Common Law
A peculiar Common Law doctrine governing enforceability of promises, difficult for foreigners to grasp, that has recently been grafted onto Roman-Dutch law in South Africa and left its mark on Quebec's Civil Code.
If there is a doctrine in our law more peculiar than another and less easy for a foreigner (or even a Scots lawyer) to understand, it is the doctrine of Consideration.