Politics, Policy and Private Law - (Hart Studies in Private Law) by Jodi Gardner & Amy Goymour & Janet O'Sullivan & Sarah Worthington (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

This collection is the second volume of a two-part study exploring the role of policy and politics in shaping private law.

Whilst the first volume examined equity, tort law and property law, the second volume focuses on contract, commercial and corporate law. Its chapters explore the challenging interface of policy and politics in areas including: contract interpretation; contractual discretions; consumer contracts; wrongful payments by banks; transnational commercial private law instruments, mistakes made by corporations; and the right to repair.

This is a landmark and ambitious project which provides a rich exploration of policy-infused areas of private law, undertaken by a team of experts in their fields.

About the Author

Jodi Gardner is the Brian Coote Chair of Private Law at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Amy Goymour is Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, UK.
Janet O'Sullivan is Professor of Private Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow and the Vice-Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, UK.
Sarah Worthington is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Downing Professor Emeritus of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK.