Agreements: A Philosophical and Legal Study - Hardcover

Black, Oliver

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521885604 ISBN 13: 9780521885607

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Combining rigorous philosophical analysis with a deep knowledge of law, this study of agreements illuminates legal doctrine by philosophical theory and vice versa. Against the prevailing philosophical view of agreements, the book argues that they are to be understood in terms not of promises but of offer and acceptance. Topics covered include the obligations associated with agreements; the practical reasoning that leads parties to make and perform agreements; the relation between agreement and intention; and the reasons the State has to intervene in agreements. There are also separate chapters devoted to doctrines of agreement in the laws of contract, competition and conspiracy.

About this title

Book Description:

Combining rigorous philosophical analysis with a deep knowledge of law, this study of agreements illuminates legal doctrine by philosophical theory and vice versa. It will interest not only philosophers and lawyers but also those working in economics, political theory and the social sciences.

About the Author:

Oliver Black is Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Law at King's College London. He is also a practising solicitor, working as Counsel at Linklaters LLP, where he is head of the UK procurement law practice. He has taught at Cambridge and been a fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Conceptual Foundations of Antitrust (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and has published articles on a variety of topics in philosophy and law.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0521885604
• ISBN 13: 9780521885607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 460