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This examination of the development of contract law in England covers the period when the foundations of modern contract law were laid. It explores key themes in order to understand the drivers of legal change, including the relationship between lawyers and merchants, the role of equity, statute and legal literature.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. The legal system and the law of contract; 3. Lawyers and merchants; 4. Lawyers and merchants II; 5. Equity and the common law; 6. Lord Mansfield and his successors; 7. Equity and the regulation of unfairness in contracting: the usury laws – a case study; 8. The classical model of contract: the product of a revolution in legal thought?; 9. Classical contract law and its limits; 10. Contract law, illegality and public policy; 11. Contract law and statute law; 12. Conclusion.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 2/12/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107040762, 978-1107040762
      ISBN10: 1107040760
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This examination of the development of contract law in England covers the period when the foundations of modern contract law were laid. It explores key themes in order to understand the drivers of legal change, including the relationship between lawyers and merchants, the role of equity, statute and legal literature.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. The legal system and the law of contract; 3. Lawyers and merchants; 4. Lawyers and merchants II; 5. Equity and the common law; 6. Lord Mansfield and his successors; 7. Equity and the regulation of unfairness in contracting: the usury laws – a case study; 8. The classical model of contract: the product of a revolution in legal thought?; 9. Classical contract law and its limits; 10. Contract law, illegality and public policy; 11. Contract law and statute law; 12. Conclusion.

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