This book gives a valuable insight into a variety of research methods that are available or emerging in the field of contract law. Showing how interdisciplinarity may address issues arising from the increasing complexity of society, the book is a precious contribution to contract law research. -- Giuditta Cordero-Moss, University of Oslo, Norway This is a timely collection of essays on the immensely important but oft-neglected area of research methodologies in comparative contract law and contract theory. In thirteen distinctive and compelling chapters, the editors and authors walk the reader through a kaleidoscope of perspectives on traditional and non-traditional contracts and contractual settings, offering something new to even the most seasoned contracts scholars and practitioners. -- Jean Ho, National University of Singapore Galvanized productively by the sea changes engendered by new technologies and contemporary media, this expansive and meticulously curated collection of essays by leading contract theorists and practitioners provides an invaluable guide to the research methodologies that will shape the next generation of scholarship. Kaleidoscopic, transnational, and rigorously interdisciplinary in approach, the editors have forged a dialogue of enduring value in relation to the software that is now increasingly capable of drafting and executing contracts. They also provide important focus upon the social and historical context of contemporary contracting techniques in their impact upon the environment, social relations, economic inequalities, indigenous communities and legal categories. Pitching the work at the level of methodologies of research not only opens up a new jurisprudential field but also lays the groundwork for a vitally needed political philosophy of contracting. -- Peter Goodrich, Cardozo School of Law, USA Research Methods for Contract Law and Scholarship is an ambitious and successful effort to explain the different research methodologies that can provide insight to the law of contractsdescriptive and normative, as well as doctrinal and theoretical. It also offers creative insights on how these independent methodologies should be thought of as a basket of tools that scholars can use in collaboration. The book should be required reading for young scholars researching contract law or any other topic of private law and regulation. -- Larry Alan Di Matteo, University of Florida, USA
