Understanding Private Law - (Hart Studies in Private Law) by Evan Fox-Decent & John C P Goldberg & Lionel Smith (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This book engages with some of Stephen A Smith's most significant arguments, illustrating that he was a towering figure in the field of private law, with little of the field not impacted by his scholarship.

The contributors explore Professor Smith's most controversial thinking on private law. Interrogating questions of contract law, remedies, unjust enrichment, comparative law, and the legal theory underlying these fields, this is an important publication in the field.

About the Author

Evan Fox-Decent holds the Canada Research Chair in Cosmopolitan Law and Justice at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada.
John C. P. Goldberg is Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School, USA.
Lionel Smith is Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford, UK.