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.
| ISBN: | 9789401781114 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 2014 |
| Author: | Martín Hevia |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 184 pages |
| Series: | Law and Philosophy Library |
| Genres: |
Methods, theory and philosophy of law Systems of law: civil codes / civil law Social and political philosophy Private or civil law: general |
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.
Reasonableness and Responsibility features in the following genres: Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Systems of law: civil codes / civil law, Social and political philosophy, Private or civil law: general
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Reasonableness and Responsibility was written by Martín Hevia and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands
Reasonableness and Responsibility has 184 pages
Yes it is part of Law and Philosophy Library series