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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Benson V. Scott
Benson V. Scott
Justice in Transactions
Author: Peter Benson
Publisher: Belknap Press
ISBN: 0674237595
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 625
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“One of the most important contributions to the field of contract theory—if not the most important—in the past 25 years.” —Stephen A. Smith, McGill University Can we account for contract law on a moral basis that is acceptable from the standpoint of liberal justice? To answer this question, Peter Benson develops a theory of contract that is completely independent of—and arguably superior to—long-dominant views, which take contract law to be justified on the basis of economics or promissory morality. Through a detailed analysis of contract principles and doctrines, Benson brings out the specific normative conception underpinning the whole of contract law. Contract, he argues, is best explained as a transfer of rights, which is complete at the moment of agreement and is governed by a definite conception of justice—justice in transactions. Benson’s analysis provides what John Rawls called a public basis of justification, which is as essential to the liberal legitimacy of contract as to any other form of coercive law. The argument of Justice in Transactions is expressly complementary to Rawls’s, presenting an original justification designed specifically for transactions, as distinguished from the background institutions to which Rawls’s own theory applies. The result is a field-defining work offering a comprehensive theory of contract law. Benson shows that contract law is both justified in its own right and fully congruent with other domains—moral, economic, and political—of liberal society.
Publisher: Belknap Press
ISBN: 0674237595
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
“One of the most important contributions to the field of contract theory—if not the most important—in the past 25 years.” —Stephen A. Smith, McGill University Can we account for contract law on a moral basis that is acceptable from the standpoint of liberal justice? To answer this question, Peter Benson develops a theory of contract that is completely independent of—and arguably superior to—long-dominant views, which take contract law to be justified on the basis of economics or promissory morality. Through a detailed analysis of contract principles and doctrines, Benson brings out the specific normative conception underpinning the whole of contract law. Contract, he argues, is best explained as a transfer of rights, which is complete at the moment of agreement and is governed by a definite conception of justice—justice in transactions. Benson’s analysis provides what John Rawls called a public basis of justification, which is as essential to the liberal legitimacy of contract as to any other form of coercive law. The argument of Justice in Transactions is expressly complementary to Rawls’s, presenting an original justification designed specifically for transactions, as distinguished from the background institutions to which Rawls’s own theory applies. The result is a field-defining work offering a comprehensive theory of contract law. Benson shows that contract law is both justified in its own right and fully congruent with other domains—moral, economic, and political—of liberal society.
A Treatise on the Law of Property Arising from the Relation Between Husband and Wife
Author: Roper Stote Donnison Roper
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Category : Husband and wife
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Publisher:
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Category : Husband and wife
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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The Law of Property as Arising from the Relation of Husband and Wife
Author: Sir Sydney Smith Bell
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Category : Husband and wife
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Category : Husband and wife
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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United States Reports
Author: United States. Supreme Court
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
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United States Reports, Volume 513
Author: Frank D. Wagner
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160617423
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
Book Description
Frank D. Wanger, Reporter of Decisions. Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1994, Beginning of Term, October 3, 1994 Through February 28, 1995
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160617423
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
Book Description
Frank D. Wanger, Reporter of Decisions. Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 1994, Beginning of Term, October 3, 1994 Through February 28, 1995
A Treatise on Copyholds
Author: Charles Watkins
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Category : Copyhold
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Category : Copyhold
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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The Law of Mortgage and Other Securities Upon Property
Author: William Richard Fisher
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Category : Mortgages
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Category : Mortgages
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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An Essay in a Course of Lectures on Abstracts of Title
Author: Richard Preston
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Category : Abstracts of title
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Publisher:
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Category : Abstracts of title
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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