220 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Now, for the first time, there is a comprehensive, eminently readable book designed to focus thinking in the area of contract law. This book bridges the gap between law and economics by confronting normative values that economists too often deem the preserve of moral philosophers. Contract theorists, on the other hand, are seldom in sympathy with economic efficiency norms. While free bargaining... Read more
Part 1: The Enforcement of Contracts 1. The Promising Game 2. Rival Theories of Contract Law 3. The Economic Theory of Contract Law 4. Fidelity to Promising Part 2: The Limits of Bargaining Freedom 5. Soft Paternalism 6. Private Perfectionism 7. Social Perfectionism 8. Substantive Fairness 9. Contractarian Virtue
Biography
F. H. Buckley is Foundation Professor at the Law and Economics Center of George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia.
