Politics, Policy and Private Law

Jodi Gardner is the Brian Coote Chair of Private Law at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.Amy Goymour is Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, UK.Janet O’Sullivan is Professor of Private Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow and the Vice-Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, UK.Sarah Worthington is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Downing Professor Emeritus of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK.

• Part One: Policy, Politics and Contract Law Chapter 1. The Politics of Contract Interpretation, Prince SapraiChapter 2. Policy and Implication in Contractual Discretions, Christopher HoseChapter 3. The Policy Behind Remoteness in Contract Damages: Beyond Voluntary Assumption of a Risk or Gap Filling, Katy BarnettPart Two: The Policy and Politics of Private Law in the Commercial and Corporate WorldChapter 4. The Role of Policy in the Creation of Transnational Commercial Private Law Instruments, Louise GulliferChapter 5. Allocating the Risk of Wrongful Payments: An Historical Perspective, Stephen WattersonChapter 6. Corporate Mistake, Elise BantPart Three: The Policy and Politics of Private Law in the Consumer World Chapter 7. The Policy of Responses to Unequal Bargaining Power in Consumer Contracts: Unconscionable Bargains, Statutory Rights and Ombudsman Discretion, Jeannie Marie PatersonChapter 8. Exploring Beyond the Rational Consumer: Insights into Competition Law and Consumer Policy, Luz DanielChapter 9. Private Law, Intellectual Property Law and the Right to Repair, Poorna Mysoor