Book contents
- New Private Law Theory
- New Private Law Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- New Private Law Theory
- Part I Methods and Disciplines
- Part II Social Ordering, Constitutionalism and Private Law
- 6 Societal Order and Private Law
- 7 Values in Private Law
- 8 Constitutionalization, 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
- Part IV Persons and Organizations
- Part V Private Law (Rule-Setting) beyond the State
- Index
- References
6 - Societal Order and Private Law
from Part II - Social Ordering, Constitutionalism and Private Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2021
Book contents
- New Private Law Theory
- New Private Law Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- New Private Law Theory
- Part I Methods and Disciplines
- Part II Social Ordering, Constitutionalism and Private Law
- 6 Societal Order and Private Law
- 7 Values in Private Law
- 8 Constitutionalization, 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
- Part IV Persons and Organizations
- Part V Private Law (Rule-Setting) beyond the State
- Index
- References
Summary
The second part of this book is the first one in which substantive problems of private law are scrutinized, not primarily disciplines – all chapters deal with the ‘constitutionalization’ of private law, understood in a broad sense. This first chapter focuses on societal order and private law; that is, on social ordering. Its concern is the ‘justified’ distribution of rights, duties and opportunities (particularly via law) and, more specifically, the role of private law in bringing about such a distribution.
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- New Private Law TheoryA Pluralist Approach, pp. 131 - 155Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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