Book contents
- The Law of Contract 1670–1870
- Series page
- The Law of Contract 1670–1870
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Table of cases
- Table of statutes
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The legal system and the law of contract
- 3 Lawyers and merchants I
- 4 Lawyers and merchants II
- 5 Equity and the Common law
- 6 Lord Mansfield and his successors
- 7 Equity and the regulation of unfairness in contracting: the usury laws as a case study
- 8 The classical model of contract: the product of a revolution in legal thought?
- 9 Classical contract law and its limits
- 10 Contract law, illegality and public policy
- 11 Contract law and statute law
- 12 The law of contract: stability and change
- Bibliography
- Index
10 - Contract law, illegality and public policy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
- The Law of Contract 1670–1870
- Series page
- The Law of Contract 1670–1870
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Table of cases
- Table of statutes
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The legal system and the law of contract
- 3 Lawyers and merchants I
- 4 Lawyers and merchants II
- 5 Equity and the Common law
- 6 Lord Mansfield and his successors
- 7 Equity and the regulation of unfairness in contracting: the usury laws as a case study
- 8 The classical model of contract: the product of a revolution in legal thought?
- 9 Classical contract law and its limits
- 10 Contract law, illegality and public policy
- 11 Contract law and statute law
- 12 The law of contract: stability and change
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Law of Contract 1670–1870 , pp. 231 - 249Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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