The State and Freedom of ContractThe relationship of law to economic freedom has been a vital element in the history of all modern democratic societies. "Freedom of contract" is both a technical term in law, referring to private agreements and promises, and a metaphor often deployed to describe economic liberty. This volume of new essays by eminent legal historians offers fresh perspectives on freedom of contract in both senses of the term, and considers how economic freedom relates to such classic political freedoms as free speech and other Anglo-American constitutional norms. The principal focus of the essays is on broad issues of policy and law, rather than on narrow considerations of legal doctrine. All the contributors reject stereotypes that pervade the existing literature about the allegedly unalloyed individualism of the common law, and show how active state interventions of various kinds have shaped contract law in relation to social change throughout our legal history. Equally, however, they reject shibboleths regarding "bringing the state back in," and take a hard look at the claims of statist ideology regarding the norms and rules that have established the legal boundaries of liberty in the modern industrial and post-industrial eras. The topics covered are Blackstone's claim that property was the "despotic dominion of the private owner" (A. W. B. Simpson), labor and contract (John V. Orth), the influence of philosophical trends on legal innovations (James Gordley), contract and individualism (David Lieberman), the tradition of public rights (Harry N. Scheiber), the formal concept of "liberty of contract" in American law (Charles McCurdy), the interwoven history of labor law and contract law (Arthur McEvoy), public policy in relation to natural resources (Donald Pisani), and globalization of freedom of contract (Martin Shapiro). |
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Professor Richard Davis, director of the Center for the History of Freedom at
Washington University, was a constant source of fresh ideas, encouragement,
and guidance as the project went forward. The editor and authors benefited
greatly also ...
Professor Richard Davis, director of the Center for the History of Freedom at
Washington University, was a constant source of fresh ideas, encouragement,
and guidance as the project went forward. The editor and authors benefited
greatly also ...
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... that is, the idea of economic individualism. This idea places a high value upon
the goal of maximizing the control that private individuals and firms are permitted
to maintain over their property and other vested Introduction i Harry N Scheiber.
... that is, the idea of economic individualism. This idea places a high value upon
the goal of maximizing the control that private individuals and firms are permitted
to maintain over their property and other vested Introduction i Harry N Scheiber.
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... forces in the advent of contract, as it "began to emerge from the shadow of
property," Orth writes, was a "new way of thinking about legal relations." This was
the so-called "will theory" — the idea that the intentions of the parties ought to ...
... forces in the advent of contract, as it "began to emerge from the shadow of
property," Orth writes, was a "new way of thinking about legal relations." This was
the so-called "will theory" — the idea that the intentions of the parties ought to ...
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A. W. B. SIMPSON The Subject Of This Chapter — the common law of landhold-
ing and its relationship to the idea of economic freedom — is a very large one.
Inevitably therefore I shall have to be very selective as to subject matter, to gloss
...
A. W. B. SIMPSON The Subject Of This Chapter — the common law of landhold-
ing and its relationship to the idea of economic freedom — is a very large one.
Inevitably therefore I shall have to be very selective as to subject matter, to gloss
...
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| 1 | |
| 13 | |
Contract and the Common Law | 44 |
Contract Property and the WillThe Civil Law | 66 |
Contract Before Freedom of Contract | 89 |
Economic Liberty and the Modern State | 122 |
The Liberty of Contract Regime in American Law | 161 |
Freedom of Contract Labor and the Administrative State | 198 |
Natural Resources and Economic Liberty in American | 236 |
Globalization of Freedom of Contract | 269 |
Notes | 301 |
Index | 365 |
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| Título | The State and Freedom of Contract Making of Modern Freedom [ACLS Humanities E-Book] |
| Editor | Stanford University Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0804765278, 9780804765275 |
| Largo | 392 páginas |
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