1st Edition

Contract - Freedom and Restraint Liberty, Property, and the Law

Edited By Richard A. Epstein Copyright 2000
424 Pages
by Routledge

424 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 2000. Where a well-run society should rest on the continuum between public and private control has been the most contentious and thorny issue of legal and social theory throughout the generations. This series sets out to provide answers to this ongoing dispute contained in the five volumes of material assembled. The collection draws from many disciplines, including economics,... Read more
Chapter 1 HARVARD LAW REVIEW, Morris R.Cohem; Chapter 2 CONTRACTS OF ADHESION—SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT FREEDOM OF CONTRACT, FRIEDRICHKESSLER; Chapter 3 ECONOMIC DURESS—AN ESSAY IN PERSPECTIVE, John P.Dawson; Chapter 4 THE ENGLISH COMMON LAW CONCERNING MONOPOLIES, WILLIAM L.LETWIN; Chapter 5 UNCONSCIONABILITY AND THE CODE—THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLAUSE, ARTHUR ALLENLEFF; Chapter 6 EMPLOYMENT AT WILL VS. INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM: ON LIMITING THE ABUSIVE EXERCISE OF EMPLOYER POWER, Lawrence E.Blades; Chapter 7 In Defense of the Contract at Will, Richard A.Epstein; Chapter 8 MARKET-INALIENABILITY, Margaret JaneRadin; Chapter 9 OPTING OUT OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM: EXTRALEGAL CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS IN THE DIAMOND INDUSTRY, LISABERNSTEIN; Acknowledgments;

Biography

Richard A. Epstein, University of Chicago Law School