The Fall and Rise of Freedom of Contract
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780822323334
Subjects: Contract law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Private Law; United States; Law; Torts; LAW038000; LAW021000; Liberty of contract; Contracts; Legal History; Economics/History & Theory; Legal Studies; Political Science/European Pol; Domestic relations; Family Law - General; Bankruptcy
First sentence: Laissez-faire capitalism, along with its associated doctrine of freedom of contract, had many stalwart defenders during the nineteenth century.
Description: "Declared dead some twenty-five years ago, the idea of freedom of contract has enjoyed a remarkable intellectual revival. In The Fall and Rise of Freedom of Contract leading scholars in the fields of contract law and law-and-economics analyze the new interest in bargaining freedom."--BOOK JACKET.