The state and freedom of contract / edited by Harry N. Scheiber.
The state and freedom of contract / edited by Harry N. Scheiber.
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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English
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vi, 378 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Harry N. Scheiber -- 1. Land Ownership and Economic Freedom / A. W. B. Simpson -- 2. Contract and the Common Law / John V. Orth -- 3. Contract, Property, and the Will - The Civil Law and Common Law Tradition / James Gordley -- 4. Contract Before "Freedom of Contract" / David Lieberman...
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Publisher
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
The relationship of law to economic freedom has been a vital element in the history of all modern democratic societies. "Freedom of contract" is both a technical term in law, referring to private agreements and promises, and a metaphor often deployed to describe economic liberty. This volume of new essays by eminent legal historians offers fresh pe...
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The state and freedom of contract / edited by Harry N. Scheiber.
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The Making of modern freedom.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-363) and index.
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74VvAolLeqE3
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ISBN
0804741913
9780804733700 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804733708 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804741910
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346.7302
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991013634969702626
