Provides readers with an introduction to the theories, policies, and ideas that underlie the law, identifying an equal emphasis on the law and critical analysis. This sixth edition places the law of contract in a modern context and accounts for developments in the law, as well as those in academic t[...]

This book has a comparatively original theme, or set of themes. It offers, first, a new way of analysing styles of legal reasoning - between more 'formal' and more 'substantive' styles. This analysis, which is worked out in some detail, is a major contribution to jurisprudence in its own right. T[...]

This is a revised edition of the paperback, Essays on Contract which was published by OUP in 1988. With the addition of a further previously unpublished essay, this book can be seen as the most up-to-date and comprehensive account of Professor Atiyah's views on the law and theory of contract. The [...]