A Topic of Moral Theology
The Effects of a Contract under a Penalty
The Effects of a Contract under a Penalty, as treated in Wouters (Point VI. On the Effects of a Contract under a Penalty).
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contract with a fine for breaking it · liquidated damages · penalty clause (ed.)
In the manuals
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § VI, Point VI. On the Effects of a Contract under a Penalty, nn. 856 & 857 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Consideration and the effects of contract — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)