An outline of the law of contract:
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Oxford [u.a.]
Oxford Univ. Press
2004
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| Edition: | 6. ed. |
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| Item Description: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Physical Description: | LIX, 455 S. |
| ISBN: | 0406972680 9780406972682 |
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Preface v
Table of Statutes xi
Table of Statutory Instruments xvii
Table of European Legislation xix
list of Cases xxi
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1 Definition of contract 1
2 Contract and contracts 1
3 Agreement 2
4 Freedom of contract 3
5 Reasons for enforcing contracts 5
6 Common law and equity 6
Chapter 2 Agreement 7
1 Offer and invitation to treat 7
2 Acceptance and counter-offer 10
3 Communication of acceptance 12
4 Postal acceptance 13
5 Method of acceptance prescribed by offer 16
6 Silence as acceptance 17
7 Acceptance requires knowledge of offer 18
8 Unilateral contracts 18
9 Termination of offer 20
10 No identifiable offer and acceptance 24
11 Vague or incomplete agreements 24
12 Conditional agreement 28
Chapter 3 Consideration 29
1 Definition 29
2 Gratuitous and onerous promises 30
3 Benefit and detriment 31
4 Irrelevance of adequacy of consideration; nominal consideration 32
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5 Past consideration is insufficient 34
6 Consideration must move from the promisee 35
7 Mutual promises as consideration 36
8 Compromises and forbearances 38
9 Existing duties as consideration 40
10 Promissory estoppel 47
11 Estoppel by convention 49
12 Part payment of a debt 50
13 Proprietary estoppel 54
14 Irrevocable offers 56
Chapter 4 Contractual intention 58
1 Express provisions 58
2 Vague agreements 59
3 Discretionary agreements 60
4 Social and domestic agreements 61
5 Other illustrations 62
Chapter 5 Form 63
1 Nature and purpose of formal requirements 63
2 Form generally not required 64
3 Types of formal requirements 64
4 Effects of failure to use the required form 66
5 Rescission and variation of written contracts 68
Chapter 6 The contents of a contract 70
1 Ascertainment of express terms 70
2 Implied terms 71
3 The parol evidence rule 75
Chapter 7 Standard terms and exemption clauses 81
1 Incorporation of standard terms 82
2 Construction of standard terms 85
3 Common law limitations on effectiveness 95
4 Third parties 97
5 Legislative limitations on effectiveness 101
6 Other legislative techniques 118
Chapter 8 Mistake 120
1 Introduction 120
2 Mistakes which may nullify consent 121
3 Mistakes which may negative consent 130
4 Documents signed under a mistake 140
5 Mistake in recording agreements 142
Contents ix
Chapter 9 Misrepresentation 146
1 General requirements 146
2 Effects of misrepresentation 151
3 N on-disclosure 169
Chapter 10 Improper pressure 176
1 Duress 176
2 Undue influence 177
3 Protection of particular groups of persons 181
Chapter 11 Illegality 184
1 Contracts contrary to law 184
2 Contracts contrary to public policy 189
3 Contracts in restraint of trade 197
4 The effects of illegality 209
Chapter 12 Contractual capacity 224
1 Minors 224
2 Mental patients 234
3 Drink and drugs 235
4 Corporations 235
Chapter 13 The parties to a contract 240
1 Promises by more than one person 240
2 Promises to more than one person 243
3 Promises in favour of a third party 246
4 Promises purporting to bind a third party 262
Chapter 14 Transfer of contractual rights 266
1 Law and equity 266
2 Effects of the Judicature Act 1873 268
3 Assignment and authority to pay 272
4 Formalities 273
5 Notice to the editor 273
6 Consideration 274
7 The assignee s tide 278
8 Negotiability 279
9 Limits on assignability 281
10 Involuntary assignment 284
11 Assignment distinguished from transfer of liabilities 286
Chapter 15 Agency 290
1 introduction 290
2 Creation of agency 291
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3 Effects of agency 301
4 Termination of agency 309
Chapter 16 Performance and breach 312
1 The duty to perform 312
2 Method of performance 317
3 Rescission for failure in performance 319
4 Anticipatory breach 346
Chapter 17 Frustration 350
1 Operation of the doctrine 351
2 Limitations on the doctrine 360
3 Legal consequences of frustration 364
Chapter 18 Remedies for breach of contract 368
1 Classification 368
2 Damages 369
3 Action for an agreed sum 406
4 Specific enforcement in equity 408
5 Restitutionary remedies 417
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