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Voicing the market: Extending the ambition of contract theory
University of Toronto Law Journal ( IF 0.735 ) Pub Date : 2019-06-01 , DOI: 10.3138/utlj.2018-0079
Roy Kreitner 1
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Abstract:Contract is a central trope in the organization of modern society. For too long, contract theory has avoided presenting a justification of contract that is ambitious enough to account for this centrality. Happily, this situation is changing, as private law theory is in the midst of refiguring the relationship among contracts, markets, and morality. Recently, a number of unrelated works have advanced both explanatory and justificatory arguments that draw tight connections among the three. Despite divergent starting points and theoretical predilections, the theories converge in characterizing the way that markets value everything in their orbit: impersonally, diffusely, and abstractly. They posit a common vision of the market in which value emerges without coordination, without discussion, and without agreement as to its meaning, motive, or cause. This article analyses these theoretical innovations, offers a brief critique, and then develops a more ambitious alternative. It suggests that contracting in markets can be a site of reasoned discussion about what the market should achieve rather than exclusively a single-minded means to maximize returns. Markets are at times an opportunity to recruit others to our projects, not only because they are financially profitable but also because they are normatively attractive. And that recruiting is a form of politicizing markets by exercising voice without invoking the need for public command. The market itself can be a site of collaborative ventures that accentuate self-government rather than bracketing value.

中文翻译:

为市场发声:扩展合同理论的野心

摘要:契约是现代社会组织中的一个中心比喻。长期以来,契约理论一直避免提出一个足以说明这种中心性的雄心勃勃的契约理由。令人高兴的是,这种情况正在发生变化,因为私法理论正在重构合同、市场和道德之间的关系。最近,一些不相关的作品提出了解释性和正当性的论点,在三者之间建立了紧密的联系。尽管起点和理论偏好各不相同,但这些理论在描述市场对其轨道上的一切事物进行估值的方式上趋于一致:客观地、分散地和抽象地。他们假设了一个共同的市场愿景,在这个愿景中,价值的出现无需协调、无需讨论,也无需就其意义、动机、或原因。本文分析了这些理论创新,提供了简短的批评,然后提出了一个更雄心勃勃的替代方案。它表明,市场合约可以成为对市场应该实现的目标进行理性讨论的场所,而不仅仅是一种实现回报最大化的单一手段。市场有时是为我们的项目招募其他人的机会,不仅因为它们在经济上有利可图,而且因为它们在规范上具有吸引力。招聘是一种通过在不需要公共命令的情况下行使发言权而将市场政治化的形式。市场本身可以是强调自治而不是括号价值的合作企业的场所。它表明,市场合约可以成为对市场应该实现的目标进行理性讨论的场所,而不仅仅是一种实现回报最大化的单一手段。市场有时是为我们的项目招募其他人的机会,不仅因为它们在经济上有利可图,而且因为它们在规范上具有吸引力。招聘是一种通过在不需要公共命令的情况下行使发言权而将市场政治化的形式。市场本身可以是强调自治而不是括号价值的合作企业的场所。它表明,市场合约可以成为对市场应该实现的目标进行理性讨论的场所,而不仅仅是一种实现回报最大化的单一手段。市场有时是为我们的项目招募其他人的机会,不仅因为它们在经济上有利可图,而且因为它们在规范上具有吸引力。招聘是一种通过在不需要公共命令的情况下行使发言权而将市场政治化的形式。市场本身可以是强调自治而不是括号价值的合作企业的场所。不仅因为它们在财务上有利可图,还因为它们在规范上具有吸引力。招聘是一种通过在不需要公共命令的情况下行使发言权而将市场政治化的形式。市场本身可以是强调自治而不是括号价值的合作企业的场所。不仅因为它们在财务上有利可图,还因为它们在规范上具有吸引力。招聘是一种通过在不需要公共命令的情况下行使发言权而将市场政治化的形式。市场本身可以是强调自治而不是括号价值的合作企业的场所。
更新日期:2019-06-01
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