THE RISE ANDFALL OF FREEDOMOF CONTRACTP.S.ATIYAHTHERISE ANDFALLOFFREEDOM OF CONTRACTBYP.S.ATIYAH,D.C.L.,F.B.A.CLARENDON PRESS.OXFORDOXFORDUNIVERSITY PRESSGreat Clarendon Street.Oxford OX2 6DPOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.It furthers the University objective of excellence in research,scholarship.and education by publishing worldwide inOxford New YorkAuckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town ChennaiDar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi KolkataKuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai NairobiSto Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo TorontoOxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Pressin the UK and in certain other countriesPublished in the United Statesby Oxford University Press Inc..New YorkOxford University Press 1979The moral rights of the author have been assertedDatabase right Oxford University Press(maker)Reprinted 2003All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press,or as expressly permitted by law,or under terms agreed with the appropriatereprographics rights organization.Enquiries concerning reproductionoutside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department,Oxford University Press,at the address aboveYou must not circulate this book in any other binding or coverand you must impose this same condition on any acquirerIBN0-19-825527-6Printed in Great Britain byAntony Rowe Ltd.,Eastbourne