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The Limits of Freedom of Contract
Michael J. Trebilcock
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Description for The Limits of Freedom of Contract
Paperback. Our legal system is committed to the idea that private markets and the law of contracts that supports them are the primary institutions for allocating goods and services in a modern economy. Yet the market paradigm, this book argues, leaves substantial room for challenge. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; LNCJ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
Our legal system is committed to the idea that private markets and the law of contracts that supports them are the primary institutions for allocating goods and services in a modern economy. Yet the market paradigm, this book argues, leaves substantial room for challenge. For example, should people be permitted to buy and sell blood, bodily organs, surrogate babies, or sexual favors? Is it fair to allow people with limited knowledge about a transaction and its consequences to enter into it without guidance from experts?
Our legal system is committed to the idea that private markets and the law of contracts that supports them are the primary institutions for allocating goods and services in a modern economy. Yet the market paradigm, this book argues, leaves substantial room for challenge. For example, should people be permitted to buy and sell blood, bodily organs, surrogate babies, or sexual favors? Is it fair to allow people with limited knowledge about a transaction and its consequences to enter into it without guidance from experts?
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674534308
SKU
V9780674534308
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About Michael J. Trebilcock
Michael J. Trebilcock is Professor of Law and Director of the Law and Economics Program at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for The Limits of Freedom of Contract
This illuminating book explores under what conditions legal enforcement of contracts will promote both individual autonomy and social welfare...Trebilcock provides here the most nuanced and sustained analysis of what it means for private agreements to be sufficiently voluntary and informed to further either Paretian or Kaldor-Hicks notions of social welfare...Readers will respect the compassion and care Trebilcock brings to this ... Read more