Contract Law and the Legislature

TT Arvind and Jenny Steele are members of the School of Law at the University of York.

• 1. Introduction: Legislation and the Shape of Contract Law TT Arvind and Jenny SteelePART IREMAKING THE LAW: THE PURPOSES AND EFFECTS OF STATUTES2. Preservation, Removal and Freezing of the Common Law by Statute Andrew Burrows3. History, Context and the Problem of Juristic Method: The Chancery Amendment Act 1858 and the Law of Contract TT Arvind and Jenny Steele4. The Lasting Impact of the Judicature Acts 1873–1875 upon Contract Law Catharine MacMillan5. Contract and the Challenge of Consumer Protection Legislation Jeannie Paterson and Elise Bant6. A Reputation for Boldness: Statutory Reform of Contract Law in New Zealand Warren SwainPART IIFAIRNESS, COMMERCIALITY AND THE NATURE(s) OF CONTRACT7. The Consequences of Defying the System of Natural Liberty: The Absurdity of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 David Campbell8. Two Laws of Contract, or One? Steve Hedley9. Compulsion, Choice and Statutory Intervention in Contract: Implied Terms of Quality in Sale of Goods Jonathan Morgan10. Contract Law Reform by Statute in a Common Law System: The Work of the Law Commissions Hector MacQueen11. The Reform of French Contract Law: The Struggle for Coherency Solène Rowan12. Statutes and the Common Law of Contracts: A Shared Methodology Juliet P Kostritsky13. Insurance and Price Regulation in the Digital Era James DaveyPART IIICONTRACTS AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION14. Understanding the (Re-)regulation of Private Renting in England: Karl Polanyi, the Rogue Landlord, the Responsible Tenant and the Decent Home Helen Carr and Rowan Alcock15. Regulating Commercial Contracts: What can we Learn from Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996? Charlotte Ellis16. Contractual Enforceability and Surrogacy Arrangements: Mapping the Moral Limits Aisling McMahon17. Contract Law and Economic Reform in China Ding Chen18. Relational Regulation – The Role of Contract and the Evolution of Habitat Protection Legislation Stuart BellPART IVCONCLUSION19. Remapping Contract Law: Four Perceptions of Markets TT Arvind and Jenny Steele

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