Open AccessA Feminist Economic Perspective on Contract Law: Promissory Estoppel as an Example
Author(s) -
Orit Gan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
michigan journal of gender and law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2688-5565
pISSN - 1095-8835
DOI - 10.36641/mjgl.28.1.feminist
Subject(s) - estoppel , doctrine , freedom of contract , contract theory , perspective (graphical) , law and economics , law , economic analysis , sociology , economics , mainstream , political science , neoclassical economics , classical economics , computer science , artificial intelligence
Economic analysis is a highly influential theoretical approach to contract law. At the same time, feminist analysis of contract law offers an important critical approach to the field. However, feminist economics, a prominent alternative approach to mainstream neo-classical economics drawing from both economic theory and feminist theory, has only been applied scarcely and sporadically to contract law. This Article seeks to bridge this gap and to apply the key features of feminist economics to an analysis of the doctrine of promissory estoppel. This Article uses promissory estoppel as an example to demonstrate a feminist economic analysis of contract law.