Screen LibraryPrinciple and policy in contract law：competing or complementary concepts?
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 248 p.: ; 24 cm. |
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9780521196147 (hardback) 0521196140 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | D956 |
| CLC: | D956.13 |
| Call Number: | D956.13/W116-1 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-238) and index. Introduction: empire of reason or republic of common sense? -- Intention, will, and agreement -- Promise, bargain, and consideration -- Unequal transactions -- Mistake -- Public policy -- Enforcement -- Conclusion: joint dominion of principle and policy. "Introduction: empire of reason, or republic of common sense? '[I]f LAW be a science, said Sir William Jones in 1781, 'and really deserve so sublime a name, it must be founded on principle, and claim an exalted rank in the empire of reason'.1 In Goodisson v. Nunn (1792), Lord Kenyon, in dealing with the then very controversial question of when contractual covenants were to be considered independent of each other ... |