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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 October 2009
      05 February 2001
      ISBN:
      9780511570834
      9780521640381
      9780521041324
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511570834
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.638kg, 364 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 150 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.545kg, 364 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Philosophy: General Interest, Ethics, Legal Philosophy, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
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    Subjects:
    Philosophy: General Interest, Ethics, Legal Philosophy, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
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    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.

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    "These are all seriously interesting essays. Benson is to be congratulated on assembling such an excellent collection. The essays do indeed represent the next stage of progress in the jurisprudence of contract law.... Further work in the field must begin with this work." Philosophy in Review

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