TY - BOOK ID - 78139307 TI - Just exchange : a theory of contracts PY - 2005 SN - 0203502213 1135996199 1280080167 9780203502211 0415700264 0415700272 9781135996192 9781280080166 9781135996147 9781135996185 9780415700269 9780415700276 1135996180 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Contracts. KW - Law and economics. KW - Economics and jurisprudence KW - Economics and law KW - Jurisprudence and economics KW - Economics KW - Jurisprudence KW - Agreements KW - Contract law KW - Contracts KW - Contractual limitations KW - Limitations, Contractual KW - Commercial law KW - Legal instruments KW - Obligations (Law) KW - Juristic acts KW - Liberty of contract KW - Third parties (Law) KW - Law and legislation KW - Social Sciences and Humanities. Law KW - Philosophy of Law. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78139307 AB - Now, for the first time, there is a comprehensive, eminently readable book designed to focus thinking in the area of contract law. This book bridges the gap between law and economics by confronting normative values that economists too often deem the preserve of moral philosophers. Contract theorists, on the other hand, are seldom in sympathy with economic efficiency norms. While free bargaining continues to be regarded with suspicion by legal scholars who are hostile to private ordering, the proper scope of free bargaining remains in dispute. Combined with a recent renewed interest in this field, these academic tensions mean that the time is right for a reconsideration of contract law. Drawing on scholarship from diverse fields and using illuminating and erudite examples, Just Exchange is entertaining as well as informative. Of interest to economists, lawyers, public policy-makers and those intersted in contract theory, this volume is a valuable overview of a vital intersection between legal studies and economics. ER -