Private law and the rule of law /

The rule of law is widely perceived to be a public law doctrine, concerned with the way in which governmental authority conforms to the dictates of law. The goal of this book is to challenge this presumption. The chapters in this volume all consider the idea that the rule of law concerns the nature...

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Other Authors: Austin, Lisa M., Klimchuk, Dennis, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Lisa M. Austin and Dennis Klimchuk
  • Fidelity in law's commonwealth / Gerald J. Posterna
  • The rule of law and private law / William Lucy
  • The rule of law as the rule of private law / T.R.S. Allan
  • Liberty and legal form / David Dyzenhaus
  • Unseating unilateralism / Evan Fox-Decent
  • Torts and the rule of law / Benjamin C. Zipursky
  • Private law pluralism and the rule of law / Hanoch Dagan
  • Strict duties and the rule of law / Stephen A. Smith
  • Some rule-of-law anxieties about strict liability in private law / John Gardner
  • Property, equity, and the rule of law / Henry E. Smith
  • Equity and the rule of law / Dennis Klimchuck
  • The power of the rule of law / Lisa M. Austin
  • Boilerplate : a threat to the rule of law? / Margaret Jane Radin
  • The rule of law and time's arrow / Arthur Ripstein