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Professor Michael Helfand Publishes "Privatization and Pluralism: Promoting Religious Values Through Contract" in Christianity and Private Law

Professor Michael A. Helfand has published the book chapter, "Privatization and Pluralism: Promoting Religious Values Through Contract," in Christianity and Private Law, edited by Robert F. Cochran.  The book is examines the relationship between Christian legal theory and the fields of private law.

From Routledge Publishing:

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in private law theory, and this book contributes to that discussion by drawing on the historical, theological, and philosophical resources of the Christian tradition. The book begins with an introduction from the editors that lays out the understanding of "private law" and what distinguishes private law topics from other fields of law. This section includes two survey chapters on natural law and biblical sources. The remaining sections of the book move sequentially through the fields of property, contracts, and torts. Several chapters focus on historical sources and show the ways in which the evolution of legal doctrine in areas of private law has been heavily influenced by Christian thinkers. Other chapters draw out more contemporary and public policy-related implications for private law.

Christianity and Private Law may be found here