Author Description

Originally published in 1988 and now available in a revised paperback edition, this collection of essays by one of the leading contract theorists of the common law world concerns the theory and foundations of contractual liability. This paperback edition includes a new essay, "Freedom of Contract and the New Right," which charts the latest shift in the development of contract law back in the direction of Freedom of Contract. This collection will especially appeal to students and scholars of contract law and theory and the law of obligation.