Warren Swain is an Associate Professor at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The legal system and the law of contract; 3. Lawyers and merchants; 4. Lawyers and merchants II; 5. Equity and the common law; 6. Lord Mansfield and his successors; 7. Equity and the regulation of unfairness in contracting: the usury laws – a case study; 8. The classical model of contract: the product of a revolution in legal thought?; 9. Classical contract law and its limits; 10. Contract law, illegality and public policy; 11. Contract law and statute law; 12. Conclusion.

Warren Swain is an Associate Professor at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The legal system and the law of contract; 3. Lawyers and merchants; 4. Lawyers and merchants II; 5. Equity and the common law; 6. Lord Mansfield and his successors; 7. Equity and the regulation of unfairness in contracting: the usury laws – a case study; 8. The classical model of contract: the product of a revolution in legal thought?; 9. Classical contract law and its limits; 10. Contract law, illegality and public policy; 11. Contract law and statute law; 12. Conclusion.

Warren Swain is an Associate Professor at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The legal system and the law of contract; 3. Lawyers and merchants; 4. Lawyers and merchants II; 5. Equity and the common law; 6. Lord Mansfield and his successors; 7. Equity and the regulation of unfairness in contracting: the usury laws – a case study; 8. The classical model of contract: the product of a revolution in legal thought?; 9. Classical contract law and its limits; 10. Contract law, illegality and public policy; 11. Contract law and statute law; 12. Conclusion.