Contract Law and Social Justice

This seminar explores the ways contract law interacts with social issues. Conventional conceptualizations of contract law portray it as unrelated to such issues, depicting it, instead, as focused on (minimal) regulation of the relationships between the contractual parties, regardless of who they are. This position has critical consequences, which the reading materials and class discussions will uncover and explain, helping students develop individual papers that illuminate how relevant and impactful the law of contracts can be to the project of building a healthier society.