Form and Substance in the Law of Obligations


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This volume explores the relationship between form and substance in the law of obligations. It builds on the rich tradition of legal thought that deploys the concepts of form and substance to inform our understanding of the common law. The essays in this collection offer multiple conceptions of form and substance and cover an array of private law subjects, scholarly approaches and jurisdictions. The collection makes it clear that the interplay between form and substance is a key element of the dynamism that characterises this area of the law.













A Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations


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David Ibbetson exposes the historical layers beneath the modern rules and principles of contract, tort, and unjust enrichment. Small-scale changes caused by lawyers exploiting procedural advantages in their clients' interest are described & analyzed.










Model Rules of Professional Conduct


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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.




The Jurisprudence of Law's Form and Substance


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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Dedication -- Introduction -- 1 The New Analytical Jurists -- I: INTRODUCTION -- II: SCOPE OF THE NEW ANALYTICAL JURISPRUDENCE -- A. Analysis of the Conceptual Status Quo -- B. Construction of a Conceptual Framework or Schema -- C. Rational Justification -- D. Purposive Implication -- III: METHODOLOGY OF THE NEW ANALYTICAL JURISTS -- IV: DOCTRINAL COMMITMENT AND POSITIVISTIC BIAS -- V: PRACTICAL UTILITY OF THE NEW ANALYTICAL JURISPRUDENCE -- 2 How Law is Formal and Why it Matters -- I: HOW LAW IS FORMAL -- II: WHY APPROPRIATE FORM MATTERS SOME -- III: WHY APPROPRIATE FROM MATTERS SOME FURTHER PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 3 Evaluation and Improving Legal Processes - A Plea for 'Process Values' -- I: INTRODUTION -- II: LEGAL PROCESSES AS SEPARATE OBJECTS OF EVELUATION DISTINCT FROM RELATED PHENOMENA -- III: STANDARDS FOR EVELUATING LEGAL PROCESSES -- IV: STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING LEGAL PROCESSES -- V: THE MONUSE AND MISUSE OF PROCESS VALUES IN ACTUAL PRACTICE -- VI: IMPLEMENTING PROCESS VALUES THROUGH LAW -- 4 Two Types of Substantive Reasons: the core of a Theory of Common - Law Justification -- I: THE VARIETY OF GOOD REASONS -- II: THE COMPLEXITY OF JUSTIFICATORY STRUCTURES -- III: THE PRIMACY OF SUBATANTIVE REASONS -- IV: CONSTRUCTION, EVALUSTION, AND LEGITIMACY OF GOAL REASONS -- 5 Good Faith in General Contract Law - A Philosophical Approach -- I: INTRODUTION -- II: NATURE OF ACTING IN GOOD FAITH -- III: SCOPE OF OBLIGATIONS TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH -- Supplemental Citations -- Name Index




Contract Law and Contract Practice


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An oft-repeated assertion within contract law scholarship and cases is that a good contract law (or a good commercial contract law) will meet the needs and expectations of commercial contractors. Despite the prevalence of this statement, relatively little attention has been paid to why this should be the aim of contract law, how these 'commercial expectations' are identified and given substance, and what precise legal techniques might be adopted by courts to support the practices and expectations of business people. This book explores these neglected issues within contract law. It examines the idea of commercial expectation, identifying what expectations commercial contractors may have about the law and their business relationships (using empirical studies of contracting behaviour), and assesses the extent to which current contract law reflects these expectations. It considers whether supporting commercial expectations is a justifiable aim of the law according to three well-established theoretical approaches to contractual obligations: rights-based explanations, efficiency-based (or economic) explanations and the relational contract critique of the classical law. It explores the specific challenges presented to contract law by modern commercial relationships and the ways in which the general rules of contract law could be designed and applied in order to meet these challenges. Ultimately the book seeks to move contract law beyond a simple dichotomy between contextualist and formalist legal reasoning, to a more nuanced and responsive legal approach to the regulation of commercial agreements.