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1. I am having a difficult time differentiating equitable estoppel and promissory estoppel – First, equitable estoppel refers to statements of fact and promissory estoppel to promises. Both involve reliance. Once you are justified in relying on someone else’s statement of fact, they are estopped from denying the truth of the matter they admitted. It is a general priciple of law that has application in this course, but also in many others. Promissory estoppel is a contract doctrine. It makes a promise enforceable – it creates a contractual obligation. It is part of what I call Finger 1.