Introduction (F. H. BUCKLEY) -- Free Bargaining and Formalism -- Contracts Small and Contract Large: Contract Law through the Lens of Laissez-Faire (RICHARD A. EPSTEIN) -- The Decline of Formality in Contract Law (ERIC A. POSNER) -- External Critiques of Laissez-Faire Contract V…
The fall and rise of freedom of contract
Original essays by prominent legal scholars on the recent intellectual revival of freedom of contract and the value of free bargaining; the essays will be gleaned from a series of conferences organized around areas where bargaining rights might be expande.
Original essays by prominent legal scholars on the recent intellectual revival of freedom of contract and the value of free bargaining; the essays will be gleaned from a series of conferences organized around areas where bargaining rights might be expande.
"Declared dead some twenty-five years ago, the idea of freedom of contract has enjoyed a remarkable intellectual revival. In The Fall and Rise of Freedom of Contract leading scholars in the fields of contract law and law-and-economics analyze the new interest in bargaining freed…
Original essays by prominent legal scholars on the recent intellectual revival of freedom of contract and the value of free bargaining; the essays will be gleaned from a series of conferences organized around areas where bargaining rights might be expande.
American courts routinely hand down harsh sentences to individuals, but a very different standard of justice applies to corporations. Too Big to Jail takes readers into a complex, compromised world of backroom deals, for an unprecedented look at what happens when criminal charge…
This work is now well established as the leading text on tort law in the region, and this fourth edition incorporates the most recent developments in the law including new cases concerning defamation, privacy and vicarious liability. The chapters on employer's liability and dama…
Addressing a series of doctrinal puzzles within the law of assault, defamation and breach of privacy, this book considers in what respects the Roman delict of iniuria overlaps with its modern counterparts in England, Scotland and South Africa.
Addressing a series of doctrinal puzzles within the law of assault, defamation and breach of privacy, this book considers in what respects the Roman delict of iniuria overlaps with its modern counterparts in England, Scotland and South Africa.
Addressing a series of doctrinal puzzles within the law of assault, defamation and breach of privacy, this book considers in what respects the Roman delict of iniuria overlaps with its modern counterparts in England, Scotland and South Africa ...