Overview
- Broad purview of analysis (four continents)
- Innovative methodology of inquiry and presentation
- Lack of similar works in comparative law scholarship
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
One of the hallmarks of the present era is the discourse surrounding Human Rights and the need for the law to recognise them. Various national and supranational human rights instruments have been developed and implemented in order to transition society away from atrocity and callousness toward a more just and inclusive future. In some countries this is done by means of an overarching constitution, while in others international conventions or ordinary legislation hold sway.
Contract law plays a pivotal role in this context. According to many, this is done through the much-debated ‘civilising mission’ of the contract, a notion which itself constitutes the canon of the Western liberal principle of ‘civilised economy’. The movement away from the belief in the absolute freedom of contract, which reached its zenith in the nineteenth century, to the principles of fairness and justice that underpin contract law today, is often deemed to be a testament to this civilising influence.
Delving into the interplay between human rights policies, constitutional law, and contract law from both theoretical and practical perspectives, this first volume of a two-book collection offers a totally new reappraisal of the subject by gathering a collection of essays written by contract law scholars from Europe, South Africa, Canada, and Australia. Instead of providing the reader with a sterile compilation of positivistic norms and policies on the impact of fundamental rights and constitutional law issues on contract law’s development, the authors build on their personal experience to analyse specific topics related to contracting that include a constitutional dimension. The book fills an important void in comparative law scholarship and in so doing represents the starting point for further debate on the subject.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Luca Siliquini-Cinelli is a Lecturer in the School of Law, University of Dundee
Dr Andrew Hutchison is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Cape Town.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Constitutional Dimension of Contract Law
Book Subtitle: A Comparative Perspective
Editors: Luca Siliquini-Cinelli, Andrew Hutchison
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49843-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49842-3Published: 13 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84253-0Published: 20 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49843-0Published: 06 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 324
Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Human Rights, International Economic Law, Trade Law, European Law, Fundamentals of Law