TY  - BOOK
AU  - McBride,Nicholas J
TI  - Humanity of private law
SN  - 9781509911981 
AV  - KD721 .M37 2019
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury 
KW  - Civil law
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - England
N1  - "Part I: Explanation."; Includes index; Introduction -- An ABC of private law -- Human flourishing I : the RP -- Our basic obligations -- The law of transactions -- Preserving legitimacy -- Assessing the explanation; Also issued in print; Electronic reproduction; London; Bloomsbury Publishing; 2018; Available via World Wide Web; Access limited by licensing agreement
N2  - "The Humanity of Private Law presents a new way of thinking about English private law. Making a decisive break from earlier views of private law, which saw private law as concerned with wealth-maximisation or preserving relationships of mutual independence between its subjects, the author argues that English private law's core concern is the flourishing of its subjects. THIS VOLUME  presents a critique of alternative explanations of private law; defines and sets out the key building blocks of private law; sets out the vision of human flourishing (the RP) that English private law has in mind in seeking to promote its subjects' flourishing; shows how various features of English private law are fine-tuned to ensure that its subjects enjoy a flourishing existence, according to the vision of human flourishing provided by the RP; explains how other features of English private law are designed to preserve private law's legitimacy while it pursues its core concern of promoting human flourishing; defends the view of English private law presented here against arguments that it does not adequately fit the rules and doctrines of private law, or that it is implausible to think that English private law is concerned with promoting human flourishing. A follow-up volume will question whether the RP is correct as an account of what human flourishing involves, and consider what private law would look like if it sought to give effect to a more authentic vision of human flourishing. The Humanity of Private Law is essential reading for students, academics and judges who are interested in understanding private law in common law jurisdictions, and for anyone interested in the nature and significance of human flourishing."--Bloomsbury Publishing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781509911981?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
ER  -