Private Law Theory

Justice in Transactions: A Theory of Contract Law. By PETER BENSON [Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019. ix + 610 pp Hardback £68.95. ISBN 978-0-674-23759-9] Peter Benson has been writing about contract theory, contract doctrine and related topics for over 30 years. His new book, Justice in Transactions, a magisterial work, grounds Benson’s theory in the details of common law doctrine, while also evaluating its consistency with basic views about personhood and justice. The result is a formidable defence of a somewhat unconventional approach to contract law and theory …

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Brian H Bix, Justice in Transactions: A Theory of Contract Law. By PETER BENSON. [Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019. ix + 610 pp Hardback £68.95. ISBN 978-0-674-23759-9.] [2020] Cambridge Law Journal 363.

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