abstract the traditional or liberal theory of contract always had encounter serious critics. the authors of this article have criticized this theory- based on new theory of unger (a pioneer in the critical legal studies movement) - and also have analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of that. this theory consists of a principle and a counter principle that include freedom of contract against the...

There is agreement that the complex relationship between medicine and society is best described as a metaphorical social contract and that professionalism is the medical profession's contribution to this contract. Metaphors can help clarify abstract concepts, but they can also be abused if the counterfactual attributes of a metaphor become attributed to its subject. This seems to be happening w...

This paper seeks to construct a social contract theory of economic justice using Barry's (1989: 347-8) empirical method of contractual reasoning. Barry described this method in a passage worth quoting at length: 'The empirical method starts from observation rather than pure thought. It is animated by the consideration that actual societies approximate more or less closely the conditions .... th...