{"product_id":"liberalizing-contracts-nineteenth-century-promises-through-literature-law-and-history-discourses-of-law","title":"Liberalizing Contracts: Nineteenth Century Promises Through Literature, Law and History (Discourses of Law)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Routledge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Anat Rosenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780367150839\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 264\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberalizing Contracts\u003c\/em\u003e by Anat Rosenberg presents a groundbreaking interdisciplinary study that reexamines the evolution of \u003cstrong\u003eliberal thought in 19th-century England\u003c\/strong\u003e through the legal and cultural lens of \u003cstrong\u003econtract law\u003c\/strong\u003e. At the heart of the book is a compelling dialogue between \u003cstrong\u003ecanonical realist novels\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003elegal history\u003c\/strong\u003e of Victorian contracts, revealing how deeply literature and law intertwined in shaping liberal ideologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosenberg critically revisits \u003cstrong\u003eHenry Maine’s aphorism\u003c\/strong\u003e on historical progress “from status to contract,” and argues that prevailing interpretations of liberalism in legal scholarship have missed the nuanced \u003cstrong\u003eforms of relationality\u003c\/strong\u003e embedded in Victorian contractual thought. She uncovers how contracts were not simply legal mechanisms of individual autonomy but also deeply entangled with \u003cstrong\u003egender and class structures\u003c\/strong\u003e, offering a richer, more complex picture of liberalism's social vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than portraying liberalism as a force that entirely dismantled traditional hierarchies, the book proposes that it \u003cstrong\u003eredefined\u003c\/strong\u003e them—particularly in terms of \u003cstrong\u003estatus, gender, and class\u003c\/strong\u003e—maintaining yet transforming social hierarchies through legal and cultural reinterpretations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis insightful work is essential reading for scholars of \u003cstrong\u003elegal history, political theory, Victorian studies, and feminist theory\u003c\/strong\u003e, offering a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on the evolution of liberalism and the role of \u003cstrong\u003econtract law\u003c\/strong\u003e in shaping modern societal values.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49911368581424,"sku":"Sarat_9780367150839","price":3773.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/taylor-francis-ltd-book-default-title-liberalizing-contracts-nineteenth-century-promises-through-literature-law-and-history-discourses-of-law-41209239142704.jpg?v=1775963898","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/liberalizing-contracts-nineteenth-century-promises-through-literature-law-and-history-discourses-of-law","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}