Principles of Contract Law and Theory

Principles of Contract Law and Theory
Author: Larry D. DiMatteo
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2023-12-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 180392960X
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This informative and accessible book reviews the core concepts of contract law and theory from an Anglo-American perspective. Larry A. DiMatteo deftly analyses the key principles, rules and frameworks which have shaped Anglo-American contract law, as well as highlighting important legislative acts that have changed and modernised its development.

Foundational Principles of Contract Law

Foundational Principles of Contract Law
Author: Melvin A. Eisenberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 905
Release: 2018-09-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199875677
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Foundational Principles of Contract Law not only sets out the principles and rules of contract law, it places more emphasis on what the principles and rules of contract law should be, based on policy, morality, and experience. A major premise of the book is that the best way to grasp contract law is to understand it from a critical perspective as an organic, dynamic subject. When contract law is approached in this way it is much easier to grasp and learn than when it is presented simply as a static collection of principles and rules. Professor Eisenberg covers almost all areas of contract law, including the enforceability of promises, remedies for breach of contract, problems of assent, form contracts, the effect of mistake and changed circumstances, interpretation, and problems of performance. Although the emphasis of the book is on the principles and rules of contract law, it also covers important theories in contract law, such as the theory of efficient breach, the theory of overreliance, the normative theory of contracts, formalism, and theories of contract interpretation.

Justice in Transactions

Justice in Transactions
Author: Peter Benson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2019-12-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0674237595
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Legal thinkers typically justify contract law on the basis of economics or promissory morality. But Peter Benson takes another approach. He argues that contract is best explained as a transfer of rights governed by a conception of justice. The result is a comprehensive theory of contract law congruent with Rawlsian liberalism.

Principles of Contract Law and Theory

Principles of Contract Law and Theory
Author: Larry D. DiMatteo
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-12-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781803929590
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This informative and accessible book reviews the core concepts of contract law and theory from an Anglo-American perspective. Larry A. DiMatteo deftly analyses the key principles, rules and frameworks which have shaped Anglo-American contract law, as well as highlighting important legislative acts that have changed and modernised its development. There is a strong commonality across Anglo-American common law systems; however, there have been several critical fissures that have developed between American and English common law over the past fifty years. DiMatteo adopts a multidisciplinary approach, lucidly explaining these differences from both a theoretical and practical perspective, using empirical evidence from case studies to support this research. Chapters focus on a breadth of topics including the duty of good faith, principle of unconscionability, promissory estoppel, statute of frauds, contextual interpretation, and hardship. Introducing key contract law cases, this book will be an essential read for law students and scholars working in the field of commercial law, particularly those with an interest in the theoretical framework and historical context of modern contract law.

The Theory of Contract Law

The Theory of Contract Law
Author: Peter Benson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2001-02-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0521640385
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Essays addressing a variety of issues in the theory and practice of contract law.

Theory of Legal Principles

Theory of Legal Principles
Author: Humberto Avila
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2007-09-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1402058799
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This book examines the distinction between principles and rules so that they can be better understood and applied. It structures the distinction between principles and rules on different foundations than those jurisprudence ordinarily employs. It also proposes a new model to explain the normative species, which includes structured weighing on the application process while encompassing substantive criteria of justice in its argument.

Commercial Contract Law

Commercial Contract Law
Author: Larry A. DiMatteo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2013-01-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107028086
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Part I. The Role of Consent: 1. Transatlantic perspectives: fundamental themes and debates Larry A. DiMatteo, Qi Zhou and Séverine Saintier 2. Competing theories of contract: an emerging consensus? Martin A. Hogg 3. Contracts, courts and the construction of consent Tom W. Joo 4. Are mortgage contracts promises? Curtis Bridgeman Part II. Normative Views of Contract: 5. Naturalistic contract Peter A. Alces 6. Contract in a networked world Roger Brownsword 7. Contract, transactions, and equity T.T. Arvind Part III. Contract Design and Good Faith: 8. Reasonability in contract design Nancy S. Kim 9. Managing change in uncertain times: relational view of good faith Zoe Ollerenshaw Part IV. Implied Terms and Interpretation: 10. Implied terms in English contract law Richard Austen-Baker 11. Contract interpretation: judicial rule, not party choice Juliet Kostritsky Part V. Policing Contracting Behavior: 12. The paradox of the French method of calculating the compensation of commercial agents and the importance of conceptualising the remedial scheme under Directive 86/653 Séverine Saintier 13. Unconscionability in American contract law Chuck Knapp 14. Unfair terms in comparative perspective: software contracts Jean Braucher 15. (D)CFR initiative and consumer unfair terms Mel Kenny Part VI. Misrepresentation, Breach and Remedies: 16. Remedies for misrepresentation: an integrated system David Capper 17. Re-examining damages for fraudulent misrepresentation James Devenney 18. Remedies for documentary breaches: English law and the CISG Djakhongir Saidov Part VII. Harmonizing Contract Law: 19. Harmonisation European contract law: default and mandatory rules Qi Zhou 20. Harmonization and its discontents: a critique of the transaction cost argument for a European contract law David Campbell and Roger Halson 21. Europeanisation of contract law and the proposed common European sales law Hector MacQueen 22. Harmonization of international sales law Larry A. DiMatteo.

Contract as Promise

Contract as Promise
Author: Charles Fried
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0190240164
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'Contract as Promise' is a study of the foundations and structure of contract law. It has both theoretical and pedagogic purposes. It moves from trust to promise to the nuts and bolts of contract law. The author shows that contract law has an underlying unifying moral and practical structure. This second edition retains the original text, and includes a new Preface. It also includes a lengthy postscript that takes account of scholarly and practical developments in the field over the last thirty years, especially the large and rich law and economics literature.

Philosophical Foundations of Contract Law

Philosophical Foundations of Contract Law
Author: Gregory Klass
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2014-12-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 019102208X
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In recent years there has been a revival of interest in the philosophical study of contract law. In 1981 Charles Fried claimed that contract law is based on the philosophy of promise and this has generated what is today known as 'the contract and promise debate'. Cutting to the heart of contemporary discussions, this volume brings together leading philosophers, legal theorists, and contract lawyers to debate the philosophical foundations of this area of law. Divided into two parts, the first explores general themes in the contract theory literature, including the philosophy of promising, the nature of contractual obligation, economic accounts of contract law, and the relationship between contract law and moral values such as personal autonomy and distributive justice. The second part uses these philosophical ideas to make progress in doctrinal debates, relating for example to contract interpretation, unfair terms, good faith, vitiating factors, and remedies. Together, the essays provide a picture of the current state of research in this revitalized area of law, and pave the way for future study and debate.

Principles of Irish Contract Law

Principles of Irish Contract Law
Author: Máiréad Enright
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Contracts
ISBN: 9781905536108
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Principles of Irish Contract Law emphasises the theory behind contract law, demystifying difficult concepts and providing a policy-driven introduction to this challenging subject.