'Capacitas': Contract Law and the Institutional Preconditions of a Market Economy

European Review of Contract Law

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-341

  Deakin, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38949116438     PISSN: 16149920     EISSN: 16149939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ERCL.2006.025     Document Type: Article

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