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  1. Intelligent agents and contracts: Is a conceptual rethink imperative? [REVIEW]Emad Abdel Rahim Dahiyat - 2007 - Artificial Intelligence and Law 15 (4):375-390.
    The emergence of intelligent software agents that operate autonomously with little or no human intervention has generated many doctrinal questions at a conceptual level and has challenged the traditional rules of contract especially those relating to the intention as an essential requirement of any contract conclusion. In this paper, we will try to explore some of these challenges, and shed light on the conflict between the traditional contract theory and the transactional practice in the case of using intelligent software agents. (...)
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  • Reliance and Obligation.Oliver Black - 2004 - Ratio Juris 17 (3):269-284.
    The fact that A has relied on B to do something is often taken to be a relevant factor in judging that B has a moral or legal obligation to do that thing. This paper investigates the relation between reliance and obligation. Specifically, the question is whether reliance and moral obligation are connected by some relation of conditionality. I consider four such relations - necessary condition, sufficient condition, necessary part of a sufficient condition, and independent necessary part of a sufficient (...)
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  • The Promise and Problems of Universal, General Theories of Contract Law.Brian H. Bix - 2017 - Ratio Juris 30 (4):391-402.
    There are a growing number of general theories of contract law and of other doctrinal areas. These theories are vastly ambitious in their aims. This article explores the nature of these claims, and the motivations for offering such theories, while considering the challenges to success. It is in the nature of theorizing to seek general categories, including doctrinal categories, and to try to discover insights that hold across those categories. However, differences both within a doctrinal area and across legal systems (...)
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