How Radical is the Understanding of Democracy in Justifying Contract in Europe?

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Publication date 2022
Journal Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy
Volume | Issue number 51 | 1
Pages (from-to) 11-17
Organisations
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - Amsterdam Center for European Law and Governance (ACELG)
Abstract
Justifying Contract in Europe answers on every page the ‘so what’-question of why one should care about European contract law. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the engaging analysis of the normative foundations of law through the lens of six strands of political theory: utilitarianism; liberal-egalitarianism; libertarianism; communitarianism; civic republicanism; and discourse theory. In this short reflection, I will concentrate on one specific question, which seem, however, relevant to the entire inquiry of the book: Does Justifying Contract in Europe fully honor its expressly stated commitment to radical democracy?
Document type Review article
Note With reference to: M.W. Hesselink (2021) Justifying Contract in Europe: Political Philosophies of European Contract Law.
Language English
Related publication Searching for Contract (Law) in Europe
Published at https://doi.org/10.5553/NJLP/221307132022051001003
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