From Dissonance to Sense

Abstract

Part 1 Introduction: welfare state expectations, privatization and private law, Thomas Wilhelmsson. Part 2 Privatization, society and law: post-modern law?, Kaarlo Tuori after privatization? -the many autonomies of private law, Gunther Teubner normative patterns and the normative field - a post-liberal view on law, Anna Christensen the legal profession in a changing world, Jorgen Dalberg-Larsen. Part 3 Privatization and private law theory: the lost penny - social contract law and market economy, Udo Reifner the crises of private law, William N.R. Lucy. Part 4 Privatization and liability: private law 2000 - small stories on morality through liability, Thomas Wilhelmsson can we, and should we, use private law as a means of regaining governmental provision of services and care for citizens?, Barbara Ann Hocking liability for information in private law, Juha Hayha. Part 5 Privatization and contract: contract in the new public sector, Chris Willett dissonance in freedom of contract? - how to make sense of it, Frey Nybergh contract law, discrimination and European integration, Dagmar Schiek. Part 6 Privatization and credit: whose responsibility to plan for future changes in circumstances -debtor, creditor or the state?, Geraint G. Howells bankruptcy and consumer credit in the declining welfare state, Iain Ramsay. Part 7 Privatization and environment: damage, uncertainty and risk - trends in environmental liability, Jenny Steele. Part 8 Privatization and access to justice: privatization of access to justice and soft law - lessons from the European Community?, Hans-W. Micklitz the crisis of the welfare state, privatization and consumers' access to justice, Klaus Viitanen social rights and the courts, Jose Reinaldo De Lima Lopes. Part 9 Epilogue: from dissonance to sense - categories of private and public, Samuli Hurri.