Reasonableness and Responsibility: A Theory of Contract Law (Law and Philosophy Library, 101)

Hevia, Martín

ISBN 10: 9401781117 / ISBN 13: 9789401781114

Edité par Springer, 2014

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Reasonableness and Responsibility: A Theory of Contract Law (Law and Philosophy Library, 101)
• Éditeur: Springer
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9401781117
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789401781114
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

If, as John Rawls famously suggests, justice is the first virtue of social institutions, how are we to understand the institution of contract law?
This book proposes a Rawlsian theory of contract law. It argues that justice requires that we understand contract rules in terms of the idea of reasonable, terms of interaction – that is, terms that would be accepted by reasonable persons moved by a desire for a social world in which they, as free and equal, can cooperate with others on terms they accept. On that basis, the book explains the main doctrines of contract law, including those governing third parties, in both the Common Law and the Civil Law.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This unique monograph on the Rawlsian principles of contract law advocates an understanding of the topic based on common agreement that contractual terms be reasonable—in other words, acceptable to reasonable people seeking equitable cooperation with others.