Private Law Theory

Peter Benson, Justice in Transactions: A Theory of Contract Law, Harvard University Press, 2019, 624pp, $88.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780674237599. Peter Benson’s book is probably one of the most important unified works ever written in contract theory. The book’s main effort is an attempt at organically revisiting contract theory based on a liberal conception of justice. In pursuing this effort, the book provides a coherent rationale for all the major doctrines of principles in contracts. This is a necessary exercise (one that clearly draws on years of research and engagement) to show that a liberal conception of justice can serve as an organizational idea for the law of contracts that is fully internal to its system of principles … (more)

[Simone M Sepe, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 5 May]

First posted 2021-05-14 19:00:02