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The theory of contract law : = new essays /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The theory of contract law :/ edited by Peter Benson.
Reminder of title:	new essays /
other author:	Benson, Peter,
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 349 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Contracts. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511570834
ISBN:	9780511570834 (ebook)

The theory of contract law : = new essays /
The theory of contract law :new essays /edited by Peter Benson. - 1 online resource (xiv, 349 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in philosophy and law. - Cambridge studies in philosophy and law..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction / Peter Benson -- Two economic theories of enforcing promises / Richard Craswell -- The scope and limits of legal paternalism: altruism and coercion in family financial arrangements / Michael J. Trebilcock and Steven Elliott -- Promises and contracts / T.M. Scanlon -- The unity of contract law / Peter Benson -- The theory of contracts / Melvin A. Eisenberg -- Contract law in the Aristotelian tradition / James Gordley.

Although the law of contract is largely settled, there appears to be no widely-accepted comprehensive theory of its main principles and doctrines or of its normative basis. Contract law theory raises issues concerning the relation between law and morality, the role and the importance of rights, the connection between justice and economics, and the distinction between private and public law. This collection of six full-length essays, written by some of the most eminent scholars in the field, explores the general theory of contract law from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The volume addresses a wide range of issues, both methodological and substantive, in the theory and practice of contract law. While the essays build upon past theoretical contributions, they also attempt to take contract theory further and suggest promising ways to develop theory of contract law.

ISBN: 9780511570834 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

576101
Contracts.

LC Class. No.: K840 / .T48 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 346.02

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