Research Handbook on the Philosophy of Contract Law

‘This Handbook contains an excellent survey of the burgeoning debates on the philosophy of contract law and how these affect contractual principles and rules. The volume is the first to bring together leading scholars in the field to show not only the extreme richness of research at the intersection of philosophy and contract law but also the way forward in many current debates. This book makes indispensable reading for both contract lawyers and philosophers.’ – Jan Smits, Maastricht University, the Netherlands‘Research Handbook on the Philosophy of Contract Law is comprehensive, accessible, and insightful. It offers a very impressive overview of Contract doctrine and theory, featuring contributions by many of the most important scholars in the field and will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Contract Law.’ – Brian H. Bix, University of Minnesota, USA‘This excellent book provides a three-level analysis from contract theory to underlying principles to rules and doctrine, which act as a hermeneutical pathway to a deeper understanding of contract law. It shows that theory alone is of little practical consequence until applied to the crucible of underlying principles and whether principles can then be correlated with the rules that make up contract law. Given the quality of the scholars, the Research Handbook on the Philosophy of Contract Law will lead to a fuller understanding of why and how contract plays the important role it does in society.’ – Larry A. DiMatteo, University of Florida, USA

Edited by Mindy Chen-Wishart, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Prince Saprai, Faculty of Laws, University College London, UK.