| Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract Contributor(s): Mitchell, Charles (Editor), Mitchell, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1509905049 ISBN-13: 9781509905041 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $60.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Law | Contracts - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 346.420 |
| Series: Landmark Cases |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.30 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract offers twelve original essays by leading contract scholars. As with the essays in the companion volumes in this series, each essay takes as its focus a particular leading case, and analyses that case in its historical or theoretical context. The cases range from the early eighteenth- to the late twentieth-centuries, and deal with an array of contractual doctrines. Some of the essays call for their case to be stripped of its landmark status, whilst others argue that it has more to offer than we have previously appreciated. The particular historical context of these landmark cases, as revealed by the authors, often shows that our current assumptions about the case and what it stands for are either mistaken, or require radical modification. The book also explores several common themes which are fundamental to the development of the law of contract: for instance, the influence of commercial expectations, appeals to 'reason' and the significance of particular judicial ideologies and techniques. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mitchell, Paul: - Paul Mitchell is Professor of Law at UCL. His recent publications include A History of Tort Law 1900-1950 (2015) and Goff and Jones: The Law of Unjust Enrichment (8th edn, 2010) (with Charles Mitchell and Stephen Watterson).Mitchell, Charles: - Charles Mitchell is Professor of Law at University College London. |