PLRG Public Seminar: Is Contract Law Liberal? by Dr Nick Sage

PLRG held our first public seminar for the year with Dr Nick Sage on 19 January 2023. In his presentation, ‘Is Contract Law Liberal?”, Dr Sage argues that an autonomy theory cannot explain why contracts are legally binding, and cannot account for the pervasive legal role of standardised transaction types (eg, sale, lease, employment, pledge). He propose that a liberal theory of contract should focus on the desirability of accommodating diverse forms of contractual activity.

About the Speaker

Nick Sage teaches private law at the London School of Economics. He is particularly interested in theoretical questions about how to understand and justify contract, tort, and property law, and related issues in moral and political philosophy. He has practised law as a litigator in the United States and as a judge’s clerk at the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

E-flyer can be seen at

https://law.nus.edu.sg/pldg/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2022/12/PLRG20230119-flyer.pdf