Contract law and the legislature : autonomy, expectations, and the making of legal doctrine / edited by TT Arvind and Jenny Steele.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arvind, T. T. (Thiruvallore Thattai), editor.

Steele, Jenny (Law teacher), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contracts--England--Congresses.

Contracts.

Statutes--England--Congresses.

Statutes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 472 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"This volume revisits some of the key debates about the nature and shape of contract law, in the light of the impact that statutes have had on its development. With contributions from leading contract law scholars, it fills a significant gap in existing theoretical and doctrinal analyses of contract law, which draw almost exclusively on cases in putting forward accounts of the general principles and structure of contract law. Statutory rules are, typically, seen as being specific instances of legal regulation which carve out exceptions to these general principles for specific reasons of policy. This treatment of these rules has resulted in an incomplete understanding of the nature of contract law and the principles that underpin it. By drawing specifically on contract statutes, the volume produces a more complete picture of modern contract law. A companion volume to the ground-breaking Tort Law and the Legislature: Common Law, Statute and the Dynamics of Legal Change (Hart Publishing, 2012) this collection will have a significant impact on the study of contract law." -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5099-2613-5