{"product_id":"justice-in-transactions-a-theory-of-contract-law","title":"Justice in Transactions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“One of the most important contributions to the field of contract theory—if not the most important—in the past 25 years.” —Stephen A. Smith, McGill University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan we account for contract law on a moral basis that is acceptable from the standpoint of liberal justice? To answer this question, Peter Benson develops a theory of contract that is completely independent of—and arguably superior to—long-dominant views, which take contract law to be justified on the basis of economics or promissory morality. Through a detailed analysis of contract principles and doctrines, Benson brings out the specific normative conception underpinning the whole of contract law. Contract, he argues, is best explained as a transfer of rights, which is complete at the moment of agreement and is governed by a definite conception of justice—justice in transactions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenson’s analysis provides what John Rawls called a public basis of justification, which is as essential to the liberal legitimacy of contract as to any other form of coercive law. The argument of \u003ci\u003eJustice in Transactions\u003c\/i\u003e is expressly complementary to Rawls’s, presenting an original justification designed specifically for transactions, as distinguished from the background institutions to which Rawls’s own theory applies. The result is a field-defining work offering a comprehensive theory of contract law. Benson shows that contract law is both justified in its own right and fully congruent with other domains—moral, economic, and political—of liberal society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54032331768152,"sku":null,"price":91.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674237599__67c1e3dc0b026_cb3070ac-ab90-4357-be05-878fc2fcdc9e.jpg?v=1741157666","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/justice-in-transactions-a-theory-of-contract-law","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}