Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Part One Introduction -- Introduction: The Equity Phenomenon -- Part Two External Historical Aspects -- Chapter One The Equity of the Law: Law and Equity since Justinian -- Chapter Two The Equity of the Common Law Courts -- Chapter Three A House Built on Sand: Equity in Early Modern English Law -- Chapter Four Arbitrary Chancellors and the Problem of Predictability -- Part Three Substantive Aspects -- Chapter Five Equity's Connivance in the Evasion of Legal Formalities -- Chapter Six Ius Honorarium, Equity and Real Security: Parallel Lines of Legal Development -- Chapter Seven Rescission of Contracts: Was Roman Law more Consistent than English Law? -- Chapter Eight Law and Equity at Odds: Liability of a Principal for Accidental Losses Suffered by his Agent -- Index of Persons -- Index of Sources.