'New Private Law Theory is an astonishingly wide-ranging and perceptive book, which applies a vast array of methods - from Guido Calabresi's economics through Niklas Luhman's social theory to Michel Foucault's philosophy - to an equally broad set of concrete legal cases - from products liability through loan contracts to sports arbitration. Throughout, the book simply brims with insights and ideas. It will open the eyes of law students and reinvigorate the thinking of established scholars.' Daniel Markovits, Guido Calabresi Professor of Law, Yale Law School
New private law theory – the core ideas; Part I . Methods and Disciplines: 1. The inside and the outside of law? ; 2. Private law and sociology; 3. Economics and private law institutions; 4. Private law and theories of communication; 5. Comparative law and legal history; Part II. Social Ordering, Constitutionalism and Private Law: 6. Societal order and private law; 7. Values in private law; 8. Constitutionalisation, regulation and private law; 9. Democracy and private law; 10. Formalism, substantive and procedural justice; Part III. Transactions and Risk – Private Law and the Market: 11. Negotiation, the function of contract and the 'justice of consensus'; 12. Knowledge and information; 13: private power; 14. Non-discrimination; 15. Risk, tort and liability; 16. Digital architecture of private law relations; 17. Between market and hierarchy; Part IV. Persons and Organizations: 18. Person, civil status and private law; 19. Theory of the corporation; 20. Actors in organizations; 21. The principal's decision: exit, voice, and loyalty; 22. Organizations and public goods; Part V. Private Law (rule setting) Beyond the State: 23. Law as a product; 24. Multi-level governance and economic constitution; 25. Transnational law; 26. Private ordering; 27. The shadow of the law and social embeddedness.