English Contract Law - Theory

Theory

  • Law of obligations, tort, unjust enrichment and trusts
  • Economic tort, Lumley v Gye (1853) 2 El & Bl 216, tort of interference with a contract
  • Assumption of responsibility and pure economic loss
  • Freedom of contract and regulation
  • Autonomy
  • Bargaining power and inequality of bargaining power
  • Will theory, promise
  • "Promise" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Arthur Linton Corbin
  • Adverse selection, moral hazard, information asymmetry
  • Complete contract and default rule
  • Agency cost, principal and agent problem
  • Codification, common law and the European civil code
  • Specific contracts: Agency. Arbitration clauses. Bailment. Bills of exchange and banking. Building contracts. Carriage by air. Carriage by land. Construction contracts. Credit and security. Employment. Gaming and wagering. Insurance. Restrictive agreements and covenants. Sale of goods. Suretyship.

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