Reasonableness and Responsibility: A Theory of Contract Law

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hevia, Martín (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Law and Philosophy Library, 101
• Θέματα: Law.; Political philosophy.; Law > Philosophy.; Civil law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Political Philosophy.; Civil Law.

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 reasonabl...