Agreements - A Philosophical and Legal Study

Informationen zum Autor Oliver Black is Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Law at King's College London. He is also a practising solicitor, working as Counsel at Linklaters LLP, where he is head of the UK procurement law practice. He has taught at Cambridge and been a fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Conceptual Foundations of Antitrust (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and has published articles on a variety of topics in philosophy and law. Klappentext A study of agreements which combines the use of philosophical analysis and legal theory. Zusammenfassung Combining rigorous philosophical analysis with a deep knowledge of law! this study of agreements illuminates legal doctrine by philosophical theory and vice versa. It will interest not only philosophers and lawyers but also those working in economics! political theory and the social sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Philosophy: 1. Promises; 2. Offer and acceptance; 3. Obligation; 4. Practical reason; 5. Intention and other topics; 6. Intervention by the state; Part II. Law: 7. Contract; 8. Competition; 9. Conspiracy.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Black, Oliver (King's College London) Black, Oliver (King''s College London) Black, Black Oliver
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.2012
• EAN: 9780521885607
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88560-7
• No. of pages: 460
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; LAW / General, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law