Foundations of Private Law is a treatise on the Western law of property, contract, tort and unjust enrichment in both common law systems and civil law systems. The thesis of the book is that underlying these fields of law are common principles, and that these principles can be used to explain the history and development of these areas. These underlying common principles are matters of common sense, which were given their archetypal expression by older jurists who wrote in the Aristotelian tradition. These principles shaped the development of Western law but can resolve legal problems which these older writers did not confront.

About the Author
James Gordley is the Shannon Cecil Turner Professor of Jurisprudence, School of Law, University of California at Berkeley


Book Information
ISBN 9780199227662
Author James Gordley
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 746g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 29mm