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Author Mitchell, Catherine, 1966- author.

Title Vanishing contract law : common law in the age of contracts / Catherine Mitchell
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 232 pages)
Series Law in context
Law in context.
Contents Vanishing contract law -- Contract common law trends -- Contractualisation and the common law retreat -- Private ordering, regulation and contract law -- Contracts through the gaps -- Future challenges for contract law -- The possibility of common law revival -- Conclusion
Summary "This work analyses why, despite its past significance and manifest influence throughout the common law world, the English common law of contract, associated with the classical model, now faces functional and moral redundancy. This is mainly because of its failure to respond to transformations in how contracts are created and enforced in modern society. The book will assess the role of contract law in regulating and facilitating contracts, law's detachment from a significant role in policing contracting activity, whether contract law can adapt to changes in contracting processes, and if it is possible to revive the common law of contract in order to improve the alignment between contract law and the 'real world' of contracting experience"-- Provided by the publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 31, 2022)
Subject Contracts -- England
Contracts -- English-speaking countries
Contracts
England
English-speaking countries
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022003233
ISBN 9781009082600
1009082604
9781009085106
1009085107