Absolute liability in contract: the antecedents of Paradine v. Jayne / David Ibbetson -- Contracting out of the privilege against self-incrimination / Katherine Grevling -- Foreign currency judgements in contractual claims / Michael Howard -- Some agency problems in insurance law / Francis Reynolds -- Contract, tort, and the Lloyd's Deb́aĉle / Peter Cane -- Increased expense and frustration / Jack Beatson -- Contract, government and community law / Paul Craig -- Restitution and equitable wrongs: an Australian analogue / Derek Davies -- Failure of consideration / Peter Birks --Restitutionary and proprietary consequences of illegality / Francis Rose -- How proprietary is proprietary estoppel? / Roger Smith -- From status to contract? / Stephen Cretney -- Some aspects of contractual licenses for software / Colin Tapper