Contents: Theoretical issues raised by the Privity question, Peter Kincaid; Summaries of essays, Peter Kincaid; Privity - the end of an era (error), Robert Flannigan; Privity and private justice in contract, Peter Kincaid; Privity reform in England, Peter Kincaid; Privity - a rule in search of decent burial, Sir Anthony Mason?; Searching for the principles behind Privity reform, Catherine Mitchell; Beyond promissory principle and protective pragmatism, Roger Brownsword and Dale Hutchison; In defence of the third party rule, Stephen A. Smith; The third-party beneficiary principle, M.A. Eisenberg; Is Privity worth defending?, John Gava; The rights of third parties to contracts: a suggested basis for recognition, John Swan; Reciprocity beyond Privity, Simon Whittaker; Privity and exclusion clauses, J.L.R. Davis; Privity, property, and pragmatism, Anthony Jon Waters; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.