Introduction; Part I. The History: Genesis And Development of Anglo-American Contract Law: 1. Roman contract law; 2. The reception and the Norman conquest; 3. English contract law through the middle ages and renaissance; 4. The continuation of English contract law in America; Part II. The Invention: Artificial Creation of The Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel: 5. Terra incognita; 6.

Newfound, artificially created, strict liability tort; 7. Technical contours of the concept; 8. The objective, and the marketing; 9. Application in practice; 10. The destabilization of contact law; Part III. The Critique: 11. Claims to historical precedent; 12. Microeconomic analysis; 13.

The moral foundation of contract law; Part IV. The Pathway Back: Return To Classical Contract Law: 14. Proposed conceptual framework for deciding "promissory estoppel" cases; 15. Recommendation for third restatement to reverse promissory estoppel; Conclusion; Annex A: Blackstone; Annex B: Langdell.