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Understanding Private Law
Essays in Honour of Stephen A Smith
Series: Hart Studies in Private Law
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This book engages with some of Stephen A Smith’s most significant arguments, illustrating that he was a towering figure in the field of private law, with little of the field not impacted by his scholarship. The contributors explore Professor Smith’s most controversial thinking on private law....
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See moreWorld-leading private lawyers explore the impact of Stephen A Smith’s research on the fields of contract law, remedies, unjust enrichment, comparative law, and legal theory.
World-leading private lawyers explore the impact of Stephen A Smith’s research on the fields of contract law, remedies, unjust enrichment, comparative law, and legal theory.
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This book engages with some of Stephen A Smith’s most significant arguments, illustrating that he was a towering figure in the field of private law, with little of the field not impacted by his scholarship.
The contributors explore Professor Smith’s most controversial thinking on private law. Interrogating questions of contract law, remedies, unjust enrichment, comparative law, and the legal theory underlying these fields, this is an important publication in the field.
Series: Hart Studies in Private Law
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781509971152
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 23 January 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Contributors:
- Edited by Lionel Smith
- Edited by John C. P. Goldberg
- Edited by Evan Fox-Decent
- Edited by John Goldberg
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 164.0mm
Height: 238.0mm
Weight: 700g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Evan Fox-Decent holds the Canada Research Chair in Cosmopolitan Law and Justice at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada.
John C. P. Goldberg is Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School, USA.
Lionel Smith is Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford, UK.
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