In 1987, Professor E. Allan Farnsworth wrote what remains at the time of this writing, the most pervasive, in depth analysis of precontractual liability and preliminary agreements.' This national report on precontractual liability is modest by comparison. It emphasizes developments of the broad general concept of precontractual liability by the courts through an examination of three specific doctrines; tortious interference with prospective contractual relations, promissory estoppel and unjust enrichment. The subject of precontractual liability has grown considerably in recent years as attested to by the attached selected bibliography,2 kindly supplied to me by Professor Ewoud H. Hondius, our General Reporter.