Contractual Relations
A Contribution to the Critique of the Classical Law of Contract
$549.11
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
21 December 2022
Summary
Written by one of the leading contributors to the relational theory of contract, Contractual Relations authoritatively explains the form of the existing law of contract by relating it to its economic, legal, and sociological foundations.
This volume demonstrates that economic exchange and legal contract rest on a moral relationship by which each party legitimately pursues its self-interest through recognition of the self-interest of the other. This essential relationship of m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198855156 |
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| ISBN-10: | 019885515X |
| Author: | David Campbell |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 21 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 854g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 162mm x 240mm |
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Critics Review
Its themes will resonate with a range of audiences, including private law theorists of all varieties, anyone struggling to identify the relational character of contract law and reconcile it with current judicial practice, and those wishing to gain a better understanding of the role of contract law in supporting a market economy, and why the current law, despite appearances, often fails in this endeavour. * CATHERINE MITCHELL, Journal of Law and Society *
Contractual Relations is a fundamental critique of the classical law of contract, the welfarist response to the classical law, and a major statement of the relationaltheory of contract. In that sense, it provides a theoretical justification for integrating consumerconcerns into contractual relations. * HâW. Micklitz, Springer *
David Campbell
David Campbell was educated at Cardiff University, UK (BSc(Econ) 1980), the University of Michigan School of Law, USA (LLM 1985), and the University of Edinburgh, UK (PhD 1985). Since 1985, he has taught at several British universities and in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, and the USA. He is now a Professor at the Lancaster University School of Law, UK. Professor Campbell has written extensively on a wide range of legal and social-scientificissues. He is a leading contributor to the law of contract, particularly to ‘the relational theory of contract’, and to the economic, legal, and social theory of regulation.
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