David Campbell is one of the UK's leading scholars working on the law of contract, enjoying an international reputation as a principal contributor to the formulation of the relational theory of contract. His case studies of regulation and his analyses of the theory of regulation also have received international recognition. He has taught at a number of British universities and in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Spain and the USA and has written on a wide range of legal and social scientific issues in pre-eminent international journals.

Part I Essays on the Work of Stewart Macaulay.- Stewart Macaulay and the Law of Contract.- Law in Reality, Law in Context: On the Work and Influence of Stewart Macaulay.- Part II The Uncollected Papers of Stewart Macaulay.- The Use and Non-use of Contracts in the Manufacturing Industry.- The Standardized Contracts of United States Automobile Manufacturers.- Access to the Legal Systems of the Americas: Informal Processes.- Professional Competence and the Law.- Lawyer Advertising: Yes But . . . .- Private Government.- Long-Term Continuing Relations: the American Experience Regulating Dealerships and Franchises.- Wisconsin's Legal Tradition.- The Impact of Contract Law on the Economy: Less Than Meets the Eye?.- Introduction.- Introduction.- Part III Core Works on Contract.- Non-Contractual Relations and Business: A Preliminary Study. Elegant Models, Empirical Pictures, and the Complexities of Contract.- An Empirical View of Contract.- The Real and the Paper Deal: Empirical Pictures of Relationships, Complexity and the Urge for Transparent Simple Rules.- Part IV Core Works on Law in Context and New Legal Realism.- Law and the Behavioral Sciences: Is There Any There There?.- The New Versus the Old Legal Realism: "Things Ain't What They Used to Be".- A New Legal Realism: Elegant Models and the Messy Law in Action.