Warren Swain

The Law of Contract 1670-1870

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Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the development of contract law doctrine in England from 1670 to 1870.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 677g
• ISBN-13: 9781107040762
• ISBN-10: 1107040760
• Artikelnr.: 41641175

Autorenporträt

Warren Swain is an Associate Professor at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The legal system and the law of contract
3. Lawyers and merchants
4. Lawyers and merchants II
5. Equity and the common law
6. Lord Mansfield and his successors
7. Equity and the regulation of unfairness in contracting: the usury laws - a case study
8. The classical model of contract: the product of a revolution in legal thought?
9. Classical contract law and its limits
10. Contract law, illegality and public policy
11. Contract law and statute law
12. Conclusion.