Changing Concepts of Contract: Essays in Honour of Ian Macneil (Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies)

Changing Concepts of Contract is a prestigious collection of essays that re-examines the remarkable contributions of Ian Macneil to the study of contract law and contracting behaviour.

Ian Macneil, who taught at Cornell University, the University of Virginia and, latterly, at Northwestern University, was the principal architect of relational contract theory, an approach that sought to direct attention to the context in which contracts are made. In this collection, nine leading UK contract law scholars re-consider Macneil's work and examine his theories in light of new social and technological circumstances. In doing so, they reveal relational contract theory to be a pertinent and insightful framework for the study and practice of the subject, one that presents a powerful challenge to the limits of orthodox contract law scholarship.

In tandem with his academic life, Ian Macneil was also the 46th Chief of the Clan Macneil. Included in this volume is a Preface by his son Rory Macneil, the 47th Chief, who reflects on the influences on his father's thinking of those experiences outside academia.
The collection also includes a Foreword by Stewart Macaulay, Malcolm Pitman Sharp Hilldale Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an Introduction by Jay M Feinman, Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law.

Edited By David Campbell, Linda Mulcahy and Sally Wheeler

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: United Kingdom, 1 December 2015

Format: Paperback, 264 pages

Other Information: 1 maps, 6 graphs, 5 black & white halftones

Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 1.3 centimeters (0.31 kg)

Writer: David Campbell, Linda Mulcahy

Table of Contents

Preface; Rory Macneil.- Introduction; Professor Jay M Feinman.- 1. Relational Values in English Contract Law; Professor Hugh Beale.- 2. 'Post-Technique': The New Social Contract Today; Professor Roger Brownsword.- 3. Arcos v Ronaasen as a Relational Contract; Professor David Campbell.- 4. The Contract of Employment in 3D; Professor Hugh Collins.- 5. Neglected Insights into Agreed Remedies; Professor Roger Halson.- 6. In Defence of Baird Textiles: A Sceptical View of Relational Contract Law; Professor Jonathan Morgan.- 7. Telling Tales about Relational Contracts: How do Judges Learn about the Lived World of Contracts?; Professor Linda Mulcahy.- 8. Relational Contract and Social Learning in Hybrid Organisation; Professor Peter Vincent-Jones.- 9. What Might Macneil Have Said About Using eBay?; Professor Sally Wheeler.

Promotional Information

As befitting a volume collecting essays in honour of Ian Macneil, this book offers a range of highly diverse, thought provoking, and occasionally provocative contributions to the theory of contract - making it an apt tribute indeed, as well as a compelling read for anyone interested in the subject.' - Dori Kimel, Reader in Legal Philosohy, University of Oxford

About the Author

David Campbell is Professor of Law at the Law School, Lancaster University, UK.

Linda Mulcahy is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Sally Wheeler is Professor of Law and Head of the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast, UK.