The Yale Law Journal

Jed Lewinsohn

Article

Paid on Both Sides: Quid Pro Quo Exchange and the Doctrine of Consideration

Jed Lewinsohn

The doctrine of consideration in contract is home to the law’s only substantial account of quid pro quo exchange—one that withers under philosophical scrutiny. By fleshing out the idea that exchange involves reciprocal payments, this Article offers both an original theory of exchange and a reconcept…