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The rise and fall of freedom of contract /

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This is a legal-historical text on the changes in the concept of freedom of contract by English Professor Patrick Atiyah. The central theme is that the notion of a contract based on consent (or a 'meeting of minds') was almost entirely absent before 1800 in the law. Instead it was based on...

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Main Author: Atiyah, P. S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1979-
Subjects:
Contracts > Great Britain > History.
Liberty of contract > Great Britain > History.
Contrats > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Liberté contractuelle > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Contracts
Liberty of contract
Great Britain
Overeenkomstenrecht.
Electronic books.
History
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Summary:This is a legal-historical text on the changes in the concept of freedom of contract by English Professor Patrick Atiyah. The central theme is that the notion of a contract based on consent (or a 'meeting of minds') was almost entirely absent before 1800 in the law. Instead it was based on reliance or the receipt of a benefit.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191681578
0191681571
9780198255277
0198255276