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Encyclopedia of Law & Economics - 4000 Contract Law: General Theories (incl. nature of default rules, non-economic theories)

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  • Brudney, Daniel (1991), 'Hypothetical Consent and Moral Force', 10 Law and Philosophy , 253-270.
  • Buckley, Francis H. (1988), 'Paradox Lost', 72 Minnesota Law Review , 775-827.
  • Burton, Steven J. (1993), 'Default Principles, Legitimacy, and the Authority of a Contract', 3 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal , 115-166.
  • Campbell, David (1990), 'The Social Theory of Relational Contract: Macneil as the Modern Proudhon', 18 International Journal of the Sociology of Law , 75-95.
  • Campbell, David (1990), 'Review of D. Harris, Remedies in Contract and Tort', 17 Journal of Law and Society , 254-261.
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  • Campbell, David (1992), 'Review of S. Wheeler. Reservation of Title Clauses', 19 Journal of Law and Society , 6-12.
  • Campbell, David (1996), 'The Relational Constitution of the Discrete Contract', in Campbell, David and Vincent-Jones, Peter (eds.), Contract and Economic Organisation: Socio-legal Initiatives , Aldershot, Dartmouth, 40-66.
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  • Campbell, David and Clay, Susan, Long-Term Contracting: A Research Bibliography and Review of the Literature , Oxford, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies.
  • Campbell, David and Harris, Donald R. (1993), 'Flexibility in Long-term Contractual Relationships: The Role of Co-operation', 20 Journal of Law and Society , 166-191.
  • Campbell, David and Vincent-Jones, Peter (eds.) (1997), Contract and Economic Organisation: Socio-legal Initiatives , Aldershot, Dartmouth.
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  • Craswell, Richard (1989), 'Contract Law, Default Rules, and the Philosophy of Promising', 88 Michigan Law Review , 489-529.
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  • Craswell, Richard (1993), 'The Relational Move: Some Questions from Law and Economics', 3 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal , 91-114.
  • Craswell, Richard and Schwartz, Alan (eds.) (1994), Foundations of Contract Law , Oxford, Oxford University Press.
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  • De Geest, Gerrit (1994), Economische analyse van het contracten- en quasi-contractenrecht: een onderzoek naar de wetenschappelijke waarde van de rechtseconomie (Economic Analysis of Contract Law and Quasi Contract Law: A Study on the Scientic Value of Law and Economics) , Antwerpen, Maklu, 568 p.
  • Dowie, J. (1982), 'The Risks of Contract Law', 2 International Review of Law and Economics , 193-204.
  • Duggan, A.J. (1994), Contractual Non-Disclosure: An Applied Study in Modern Contract Theory , Melbourne, Longman Professional.
  • Eisenberg, Melvin Aron (1982), 'The Bargain Principle and Its Limits', 95 Harvard Law Review , 741-801.
  • Epstein, Richard A. (1984), 'Toward a Revitalization of the Contract Clause', 51 University of Chicago Law Review , 703-751.
  • Farber, Daniel A. (1983), 'Contract Law and Modern Economic Theory', 78 Northwestern University Law Review , 303-339.
  • Feinman, Jay M. (1983), 'Critical Approaches to Contract Law', 30 UCLA Law Review , 829-860.
  • Feinman, Jay M. (1990), 'The Significance of Contract Theory', 58 University of Cincinnati Law Review , 1283-1318.
  • Feinman, Jay M. (1993), 'Relational Contract and Default Rules', 3 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal , 43-58.
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  • Fried, Charles (1981), Contract as Promise: A Theory of Contractual Defaults , Cambridge (MA), Harvard University Press.
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  • Gillette, Clayton P. ( (1993), 'Cooperation and Convention in Contractual Defaults', 3 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal , 167-188.
  • Gillette, Clayton P. (1990), 'Commercial Relationships and the Selection of Default Rules for Remote Risks', 19 Journal of Legal Studies , 535-581.
  • Gillette, Clayton P. (1993), 'Cooperation and Convention in Contractual Defaults', 3 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal , 167-188.
  • Goetz, Charles J. and Scott, Robert E. (1980), 'Enforcing Promises: An Examination of the Basis of Contract', 89 Yale Law Journal , 1261-1322.
  • Goetz, Charles J. and Scott, Robert E. (1985), 'The Limits of Expanded Choice: An Analysis of the Interactions between Express and Implied Contract Terms', 73 California Law Review , 261-322.
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