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Scholars of Contract Law

Donal Nolan editor Dr James Goudkamp editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:1st Dec '22

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Seminal text exploring those lawyers who shaped the discipline of contract law

This book provides a counter-balance to the traditional focus on judicial decisions by exploring the contribution of legal scholars to the development of private law. In the book the work of a selection of leading scholars of contract law from across the common law world, ranging from Sir Jeffrey Gilbert (1674–1726) to Professor Brian Coote (1929–2019), is addressed by legal historians and current scholars in the field. The focus is on the nature of the work produced by the scholars in question, important influences on their work, and the impact which that work in turn had on thinking about contract law. The book also includes an introductory chapter and an afterword by Professor William Twining that explore connections between the scholars and recurrent themes. The process of subjecting contract law scholarship to sustained analysis provides new insights into the intellectual development of contract law and reveals the central role played by scholars in that process. And by focusing attention on the work of influential contract scholars, the book serves to emphasise the importance of legal scholarship to the development of the common law more generally.

As legal history and theory this book has indisputable value * Legal Studies *

ISBN: 9781509938469

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440 pages