Foundations of American Contract Law

by Gordley

One of the great enterprises of the nineteenth century was to systematize the law of contracts. Since the mid-twentieth century, there has been general agreement that the systems have come unstuck. Yet older doctrinal formulations have lived on. Further intricacies have been added to already complicated doctrines. Vague doctrines have replaced rigid ones. The fundamental problem with nineteenth-century contract theory has been sidestepped. Contract...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197686087
• ISBN13: 9780197686089
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"