Donal Nolan is Professor of Private Law at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, UK.James Goudkamp is Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. He is also a practising barrister at 7 King's Bench Walk Chambers, London, UK.

• Preface vContributors ixTable of Cases xiTable of Legislation xvii1. Scholars of Contract Law: Individuals and Themes - 1James Goudkamp and Donal Nolan2. Sir Jeffrey Gilbert (1674–1726) - 47Michael Lobban3. Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837) - 75Joanna McCunn4. Stephen Martin Leake (1826–1893) - 105Catharine MacMillan5. Professor Sir William Anson (1843–1914) - 129Robert Stevens6. Professor Sir Frederick Pollock (1845–1937) - 149James Gordley7. Professor Samuel Williston (1861–1963) - 175Todd D Rakoff8. Professor Arthur Linton Corbin (1874–1967) - 201Gregory Klass9. Professor Geoffrey Cheshire (1886–1978) and Cecil Fifoot(1899–1975) - 229Warren Swain10. Professor Friedrich Kessler (1901–1998) - 253Hugh Collins11. Professor Sir Guenter Treitel (1928–2019) - 277Andrew Burrows12. Professor Ian Roderick Macneil (1929–2010) - 295Jonathan Morgan13. Professor Brian Coote (1929–2019) - 331Stephen Waddamsviii Contents14. Professor Patrick Atiyah (1931–2018) - 351James Goudkamp15. Afterword: Understanding Contracts – A Realist Perspective - 379William TwiningIndex - 407

As legal history and theory this book has indisputable value

Donal Nolan is Professor of Private Law at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, UK.James Goudkamp is Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. He is also a practising barrister at 7 King's Bench Walk Chambers, London, UK.

• Preface vContributors ixTable of Cases xiTable of Legislation xvii1. Scholars of Contract Law: Individuals and Themes - 1James Goudkamp and Donal Nolan2. Sir Jeffrey Gilbert (1674–1726) - 47Michael Lobban3. Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837) - 75Joanna McCunn4. Stephen Martin Leake (1826–1893) - 105Catharine MacMillan5. Professor Sir William Anson (1843–1914) - 129Robert Stevens6. Professor Sir Frederick Pollock (1845–1937) - 149James Gordley7. Professor Samuel Williston (1861–1963) - 175Todd D Rakoff8. Professor Arthur Linton Corbin (1874–1967) - 201Gregory Klass9. Professor Geoffrey Cheshire (1886–1978) and Cecil Fifoot(1899–1975) - 229Warren Swain10. Professor Friedrich Kessler (1901–1998) - 253Hugh Collins11. Professor Sir Guenter Treitel (1928–2019) - 277Andrew Burrows12. Professor Ian Roderick Macneil (1929–2010) - 295Jonathan Morgan13. Professor Brian Coote (1929–2019) - 331Stephen Waddamsviii Contents14. Professor Patrick Atiyah (1931–2018) - 351James Goudkamp15. Afterword: Understanding Contracts – A Realist Perspective - 379William TwiningIndex - 407

As legal history and theory this book has indisputable value

Donal Nolan is Professor of Private Law at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, UK.James Goudkamp is Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. He is also a practising barrister at 7 King's Bench Walk Chambers, London, UK.

• Preface vContributors ixTable of Cases xiTable of Legislation xvii1. Scholars of Contract Law: Individuals and Themes - 1James Goudkamp and Donal Nolan2. Sir Jeffrey Gilbert (1674–1726) - 47Michael Lobban3. Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837) - 75Joanna McCunn4. Stephen Martin Leake (1826–1893) - 105Catharine MacMillan5. Professor Sir William Anson (1843–1914) - 129Robert Stevens6. Professor Sir Frederick Pollock (1845–1937) - 149James Gordley7. Professor Samuel Williston (1861–1963) - 175Todd D Rakoff8. Professor Arthur Linton Corbin (1874–1967) - 201Gregory Klass9. Professor Geoffrey Cheshire (1886–1978) and Cecil Fifoot(1899–1975) - 229Warren Swain10. Professor Friedrich Kessler (1901–1998) - 253Hugh Collins11. Professor Sir Guenter Treitel (1928–2019) - 277Andrew Burrows12. Professor Ian Roderick Macneil (1929–2010) - 295Jonathan Morgan13. Professor Brian Coote (1929–2019) - 331Stephen Waddamsviii Contents14. Professor Patrick Atiyah (1931–2018) - 351James Goudkamp15. Afterword: Understanding Contracts – A Realist Perspective - 379William TwiningIndex - 407

As legal history and theory this book has indisputable value