The humanity of private law. Part II, Evaluation / Nicholas J McBride.

"Part II of The Humanity of Private Law charts a new course for English private law in the twenty-first century. Part I set out the vision of human flourishing that English private law has in mind in seeking to promote its subjects'flourishing. Part II argues in favour of a very different...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: McBride, Nicholas J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations and Key Terms
  • Table of Cases
  • 8. Human Flourishing II
  • Models and Postulates
  • 1. Three Models
  • 2. Problems with the Service Model
  • 3. Four Postulates
  • 4. Problems with the Possessions Model
  • 5. Advantages of the Journey Model
  • 9. Truth and the Journey Model
  • 1. Intimations of the Truth
  • 2. The Truth-Seeking Life
  • 3. Compatibility with the Postulates
  • 4. Three Objections
  • 10. The Approach of Being
  • 1. Being and Beings
  • 2. Truth and Being
  • 3. Anti-Being.
  • 4. Human Flourishing: A Restatement
  • 11. Applications and Implications
  • 1. Fraud Unravels All
  • 2. Speech and Silence
  • 3. Attention Wells
  • 4. Like a Dog
  • 5. The Hate You Make
  • 6. The Burden of the Past
  • 7. The Perils of Litigation
  • 12. The Limits of Democracy
  • 1. Six Positions
  • 2. The Superiority of the Simple Formula
  • 3. The Need to Choose
  • 4. The Future of Politics
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects.