“This engaging, detailed and unique book builds on the impressive foundations of McBride’s The Humanity of Private Law, Part I: Explanation which was published only a year earlier and outlined the traditional view of human flourishing promoted by English private law (see book review of Part I by Zhou (2020) 83 Modern Law Review 1112). The Humanity of Private Law, Part II: Evaluation adds to the concepts outlined in the first book by highlighting an alternative vision of human flourishing that McBride convincingly argues should instead be fostered by private law. Part I highlighted the traditional image of human flourishing that has been valued and promoted by private law in England, which McBride has labelled ‘RP‐flourishing’. This includes having a range of primary goods (life, knowledge, friendships, mastery of a trade or profession that requires some degree of skill, practical reasonableness, life identification, and living in a community) …”
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Jodi Gardner, McBride, Nicholas, The Humanity of Private Law Part II: Evaluation, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2020, 224 pp, hb £70.00, Modern Law Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12618. First published: 1 February 2021.
First posted 2021-02-01 14:37:15
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