Privity Private Justice or Public Regulation Routledge Revivals Series

This title was first published in 2001. Privity is an extensive analysis of the theoretical issues raised by the question of third-party rights in contract. More than just an examination of the practical problems of the Privity rule itself, it questions whether contract is to be seen as a matter of public regulation or private justice.

Contents: Theoretical issues raised by the Privity question, Peter Kincaid; Summaries of essays, Peter Kincaid; Privity - the end of an era (error), Robert Flannigan; Privity and private justice in contract, Peter Kincaid; Privity reform in England, Peter Kincaid; Privity - a rule in search of decent burial, Sir Anthony Mason?; Searching for the principles behind Privity reform, Catherine Mitchell; Beyond promissory principle and protective pragmatism, Roger Brownsword and Dale Hutchison; In defence of the third party rule, Stephen A. Smith; The third-party beneficiary principle, M.A. Eisenberg; Is Privity worth defending?, John Gava; The rights of third parties to contracts: a suggested basis for recognition, John Swan; Reciprocity beyond Privity, Simon Whittaker; Privity and exclusion clauses, J.L.R. Davis; Privity, property, and pragmatism, Anthony Jon Waters; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.