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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.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Politics --- Private law --- Law --- politieke wetenschappen --- recht --- burgerlijk recht

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This book offers a first rate selection of academic articles on Latin American bioethics. It covers different issues, such as vulnerability, abortion, biomedical research with human subjects, environment, exploitation, commodification, reproductive medicine, among others. Latin American bioethics has been, to an important extent, parochial and unable to meet stringent international standards of rational philosophical discussion. The new generations of bioethicists are changing this situation, and this book demonstrates that change. All articles are written from the perspective of Latin American scholars from several disciplines such as philosophy and law. Working with the tools of analytical philosophy and jurisprudence, this book defends views with rational argument, and opening for pluralistic discussion. .

Bioethics. --- Public health laws. --- Ethnology-Latin America. --- Medical Law. --- Latin American Culture. --- Communicable diseases --- Public health --- Medical laws and legislation --- Biology --- Biomedical ethics --- Life sciences --- Life sciences ethics --- Science --- Law and legislation --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Medical laws and legislation. --- Ethnology—Latin America. --- Law, Medical --- Medical personnel --- Medical registration and examination --- Medicine --- Physicians --- Surgeons --- Medical policy --- Medical jurisprudence --- Legal status, laws, etc.