Kedar Manoj Ammanji | Introduction This piece opens a series of précis on foundational works in private law. This précis analyses the Reliance Interest framework developed by Lon L. Fuller and William R. Purdue in their seminal two-part articles - Reliance Interest in Contract Damages I and II. Fuller and Purdue articulate three key purposes which are pursued while awarding contract damages - (a) restitution interest; (b) reliance interest; and (c) expectation interest; Rest