Prologue: The Prehistory of the English Law of Obligations
I Form and Substance in Medieveal Law
1: Structural Foundations
2: Unity and Fragmentation of the Mediaeval Law of Contract
3: Trespass, Trespass on the Case, and the Mediaeval Law of
Tort
4: The Substantive Law of Torts
5: The Substantive Law of Contract
2 The Triumph of Trespass on the Case
6: Tort, Property, and Reputation: the Expansion of the Action on
the Case
7: The Rise of the Action of Assumpsit
3 The Modern Law of Tort and Contract
8: Trespass, Case, and the Moral Basis of Liability
9: The Law of Torts in the Nineteenth Century: The Rise of the Tort
of Negligence
10: The Law of Torts in the Twentieth Century: Expansion and
Collapse of the Tort of Negligence
11: Foundations of the Modern Law of Contract
12: The Rise of the Will Theory
13: The Decline of the Will Theory: Legal Regulation and
Contractual Fairness
4 Unjust Enrichment
14: Unjust Enrichment
15: Legal Change and Legal Continuity
David Ibbetson is a lecturer in law at Oxford University
`... provides a fresh look at many more subjects than most legal
historians can have mastered. ... this book will cause readers to
rethink their reaction to some present-day legal problems in light
of the past. ... [Ibbetson] has given us both a basic treatment of
the law of obligations and a considerable number of fresh insights
that will enlighten any teacher's understanding and presentation of
the subject.'
Legal History (no date)
`Dr Ibbetson has achieved something of a tour de force ... lucid
and scholarly historical treatment ... easy to read and
attractively presented ... much more than a simple chronological
account of the evolution of legal doctrine ...'
Law Quarterly Review April 2001
`masterly review of the substantive law of tort in the Middle Ages
... Compendious though it is, the book is not long, and this is all
the more remarkable in that the style is not at all dense, but easy
and flowing. The text is replete with well-chosen examples, and the
footnotes are informative and stimulating. ... As pleasurable as it
is informative, as balanced as it is intelligent, this volume is an
invaluable addition to a distinguished
literature.'
Modern Law Review March 2001
`Review from previous edition A Historical Introduction to the Law
of Obligations is a remarkable book which every lawyer with any
interest in the law of obligations should read.'
Peter Cane
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