Prologue: The Prehistory of the English Law of Obligations I Form and Substance in Medieveal Law 1. Structural Foundations 2. Unity and Fragmentation of the Mediaeval Law of Contract 3. Trespass, Trespass on the Case, and the Mediaeval Law of Tort 4. The Substantive Law of Torts 5. The Substantive Law of Contract 2 The Triumph of Trespass on the Case 6. Tort, Property, and Reputation: the Expansion of the Action on the Case 7. The Rise of the Action of Assumpsit 3 The Modern Law of Tort and Contract 8. Trespass, Case, and the Moral Basis of Liability 9. The Law of Torts in the Nineteenth Century: The Rise of the Tort of Negligence 10. The Law of Torts in the Twentieth Century: Expansion and Collapse of the Tort of Negligence 11. Foundations of the Modern Law of Contract 12. The Rise of the Will Theory 13. The Decline of the Will Theory: Legal Regulation and Contractual Fairness 4 Unjust Enrichment 14. Unjust Enrichment 15. Legal Change and Legal Continuity

David Ibbetson , Lecturer in Law at Oxford University

`... provides a fresh look at many more subjects than most legal historians can have mastered. ... this book will cause readers to rethink their reaction to some present-day legal problems in light of the past. ... [Ibbetson] has given us both a basic treatment of the law of obligations and a considerable number of fresh insights that will enlighten any teacher's understanding and presentation of the subject.' Legal History (no date) |d 6 Apr 2002