Essays addressing a variety of issues in the theory and practice of contract law.
Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction Peter Benson; 1. Two economic theories of enforcing promises Richard Craswell; 2. The scope and limits of legal paternalism: altruism and coercion in family financial arrangements Michael J. Trebilcock and Steven Elliott; 3. Promises and contracts T. M. Scanlon; 4. The unity of contract law Peter Benson; 5. The theory of contracts Melvin A. Eisenberg; 6. Contract law in the Aristotelian tradition James Gordley; Index.