ABSTRACT
The main aim of this book is to present a broader view of the basic features of contract law than that found in the traditional ‘black-letter’ treatments of the subject. The idea of putting the law into its social, political or economic context is not new. However, the aim of looking not only at but also beyond legal rules has been pursued more vigorously in some areas than in others. Most expositions of contract law do not venture beyond the rules. They tell us little or nothing of the social or economic significance of those rules, or how they relate to the practices of the business community. At a level suitable for student readers, this books starts to remedy those defects.
