Author | Hillman, Robert A. author |
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Title | The Richness of Contract Law [electronic resource] : An Analysis and Critique of Contemporary Theories of Contract Law / by Robert A. Hillman |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1997 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5680-6 |
Descript | XIV, 279 p. online resource |
1 Theories of Contract: Promise and Non-Promissory Principles -- A. Contract As Promise -- B. Non-Promissory Principles -- Conclusion -- 2 Theories of Promissory Estoppel: Reliance and Promise -- A. Reliance Theorists -- B. Promise Theorists -- Conclusion -- 3 Theories of Contractarians and Their Critics: Marriages and Corporations -- A. Marriages -- B. Corporations -- Conclusion -- 4 Theories of Contextualists and Neo-Formalists -- A. Theories of Contextualists -- B. Neo-Formalist Contract Law -- Conclusion -- 5 โMainstreamโ Contract Theories and Critical Legal Studies -- A. โMainstreamโ Contract Theories -- B. CLS Contract Theory -- Conclusion -- 6 Theories of Economic Analysts of Contract Law and Their Critics -- A. The Theory of Efficient Breach -- B. Economic Theories of Gap Filling -- Conclusion -- 7 Theories of Empiricists and Relationalists -- A. Is Contract Law Irrelevant? -- B. Is Contract Law Unsuitable? -- 8 Modern Contract Law and the Limits of Contract Theory -- A. What is the Nature of Modern Contract Law? -- B. What is the Role of Contract Law in Modern Society?