Gregory Klass

George Letsas

Prince Saprai

In recent years there has been a revival of interest in the philosophical study of contract law. In 1981 Charles Fried claimed that contract law is based on the philosophy of promise and this has generated what is today known as 'the contract and promise debate'. Cutting to the heart of contemporary discussions, this volume brings together leading philosophers, legal theorists, and contract lawyers to debate the philosophical foundations of this area of law. Divided into two parts, the first explores general themes in the contract theory literature, including the philosophy of promising, the nature of contractual obligation, economic accounts of contract law, and the relationship between contract law and moral values such as personal autonomy and distributive justice. The second part uses these philosophical ideas to make progress in doctrinal debates, relating for example to contract interpretation, unfair terms, good faith, vitiating factors, and remedies. Together, the essays provide a picture of the current state of research in this revitalized area of law, and pave the way for future study and debate.

Philosophical Foundations of Contract Law

A Theory of Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights provides a philosophically informed study of the methods of interpretation used by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. By drawing on Anglo-American legal, political and moral philosophy, the book aims to provide a normative theory of the foundations of ECHR rights.

A Theory of Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights

Colm O'Cinneide

Transition to Journals From Volume 63, Current Legal Problems will be available as online only, print only, or combined print and online subscriptions from Oxford Journals. The Current Legal Problems archive is available immediately from January 2011. Customers wishing to take out a subscription can do so by clicking through to the yearbook's journal page: http://clp.oxfordjournals.org Current Legal Problems will benefit from a number of additional features made possible by online publication: Publish ahead of print - Articles will appear online throughout the year, granting subscribers immediate access to the latest developments in both HTML and PDF formats, without needing to wait for the print volume Email alerts - Anyone can sign up to receive Current Legal Problems content alerts - both of the annual volume and of content published throughout the year Searchable archive - The entire archive back to 1996 will be made available to Current Legal Problems subscribers The Current Legal Problems lecture series and annual volume was established around 60 years ago at the Faculty of Laws, University College London, and has long been recognized as a major reference point for legal scholarship. The continuing strength of Current Legal Problems is its representation of a broad range of legal scholarship opinion, theory, methodology, and subject matter, with an emphasis upon contemporary developments of law. Contributions to the 63rd volume in the series include a discussion on the human rights of children, the difficulties of social welfare in Europe, and the role of the Human Rights Act post 9/11. Other chapters address subjects as diverse as the law of trusts, international trade regulation in the WTO, and UK corporate law reform.

George Letsas

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