Richness of Contract Law (Analysis and Critique of Contemporary Contract Law Theory)

Author: (American) Robert A. Hillman, translated by Zheng Yuanchuan
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Robert A. Hillman is a professor at the Cornell University Law School in the United States, with in-depth and extensive research on American contract law, contract law theory, and the Uniform Commercial Code, and has numerous publications. This book is Professor Hillman's recent work, comprehensively presenting contemporary American contract law theory, enabling Chinese readers to gain a full understanding of the field. Professor Hillman introduces diverse contract law theories in the book, such as promise and non-promise theories, the theory of fulfilling promises, contractarian theory, contextualism and new formalism theories, "mainstream" contract theory and critical legal studies contract theory, and the empirical analysis theory of contract law, as well as economicism and relationalism theories. Professor Hillman believes that none of the above theories can fully explain American contract law and contract law theory; rather, all these theories together constitute contemporary American contract law theory, reflecting its diversity. In this book, Professor Hillman presents to the world the "living" contract law and contract law theory of contemporary America—not the "dead" contract law and theory found in textbooks, but the perspectives of merchants, judges, and scholars on contract law. By reading this book, readers can understand what true contract law in modern society truly is, expanding their comprehension of modern contract law.