Continuity and Change in Private Law
The Equitable Perspective
$169.99
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
13 May 2027
Summary
A unique blend of legal history and private law combine to answer the question; when can private law be changed?
This question is at the core of this book. It shows how those jurisdictions that have adopted the UK Judicature Act 1873, can use changes to achieve fairness. Viewing the question through this equitable prism, the book charts the limitation that, where equity is the reason for change, only the minimum change is justified. Notwithstanding this, it argues tha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509976027 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509976027 |
| Author: | Stephen Waddams |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Hart Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Hart Studies in Private Law |
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Stephen Waddams
Author
Stephen Waddams was University Professor and holder of the Goodman-Schipper Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where he taught since 1968. He was the author of more than 150 articles and books, including Dimensions of Private Law: Categories and Concepts in Anglo-American Legal Reasoning, Principle and Policy in Contract Law: Competing or Complementary Concepts?, Sanctity of Contracts in a Secular Age: Equity, Fairness and Enrichment, The Law of Damages, 7th edn, and The Law of Contracts, 8th edn. He died in May 2023.
Editors
Peter Benson is Professor and holder of the Donald R. Crawshaw Chair in Private Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous articles and the book Justice in Transactions: A Theory of Contract Law.
Matthew Beamish is a graduate of the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. His work has been published in the Journal of Contract Law. In 2026-27 he is reading for the LLM degree at the University of Cambridge as a recipient of The Right Honourable Paul Martin Sr Scholarship.
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