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This book offers a succinct account of why English contract law now faces functional and moral redundancy. It explores the diminishing role of the English common law of contract as a regulatory force in modern society, the implications of its decline and possibilities, if any, for its revival.

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1. Vanishing contract law; 2. Contract common law trends; 3. Contractualisation and the common law retreat; 4. Private ordering, regulation and contract law; 5. Contracts through the gaps; 6. Future challenges for contract law; 7. The possibility of common law revival; 8. Conclusion.

Vanishing Contract Law

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 1 January 2022
      ISBN-13 9781316514139
      978-1316514139
      ISBN-10 1316514137
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      Business, Finance & Law International business Law Contract law

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book offers a succinct account of why English contract law now faces functional and moral redundancy. It explores the diminishing role of the English common law of contract as a regulatory force in modern society, the implications of its decline and possibilities, if any, for its revival.

      Table of Contents
      1. Vanishing contract law; 2. Contract common law trends; 3. Contractualisation and the common law retreat; 4. Private ordering, regulation and contract law; 5. Contracts through the gaps; 6. Future challenges for contract law; 7. The possibility of common law revival; 8. Conclusion.

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