Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-177) and index.

Introduction -- Setting the scene : distributive justice, corrective justice, and Monism in political philosophy and contract law -- The distributive understanding of contract law : Kronman on contract law and distributive justice -- Libertarianism and the law of contracts -- The division of responsibility and contract law -- Explaining contract doctrine -- The objective standard of interaction in contract law : the reasonable person -- Fuller, Fried, and the nature of contractual rights and remedies -- Contracts and third parties -- Material nondisclosure, corrective justice, and the division of responsibility.