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“The Just Price: The Aristotelian Tradition and John Rawls,” 11 European Review of Contract Law 197 (2015). 

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The Eclipse of Classical Thought in China and the West, forthcoming Cambridge University Press.

 An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law  Readings, Cases, Materials 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2020) (with Hao Jiang, Arthur von Mehren), Chinese translation of the first edition forthcoming The Law Press, Beijing).

The Jurists: A Critical History (Oxford University Press, 2013), Chinese translation forthcoming Guanzi University Press.

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 The Development of Liability between Neighbours, ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

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