Specific performance typically enforces a contract but also can be invoked to enforce a ‘promise’ enforceable under principles of estoppel. Equitable remedies like specific performance are discretionary. The inadequacy of damages is a particularly significant consideration in determining if specific performance should be granted, although there is lack of complete consensus whether the inadequacy of damages is a jurisdictional hurdle or another discretionary factor.
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