"English contract law provides the invisible framework that underpins and enables much contracting activity in society, yet the role of the law in policing many of our contracts now approaches vanishing point. The methods by which contracts come into existence, and notionally cr…
Vanishing contract law -- Contract common law trends -- Contractualisation and the common law retreat -- Private ordering, regulation and contract law -- Contracts through the gaps -- Future challenges for contract law -- The oossibility of common law revival -- Conclusion. "Th…
English contract law provides the invisible framework that underpins and enables much contracting activity in society, yet the role of the law in policing many of our contracts now approaches vanishing point. The methods by which contracts come into existence, and notionally cre…
"This work analyses why, despite its past significance and manifest influence throughout the common law world, the English common law of contract, associated with the classical model, now faces functional and moral redundancy. This is mainly because of its failure to respond to …
"This work analyses why, despite its past significance and manifest influence throughout the common law world, the English common law of contract, associated with the classical model, now faces functional and moral redundancy. This is mainly because of its failure to respond to …
"The original work examined various issues surrounding the question of how contracts should be interpreted by courts, in particular focusing on the law of contract interpretation following Lord Hoffmann’s exposition of the principles of contextual interpretation in Investors Com…