Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston's law of contract:
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Autor: Furmston, Michael P.
Jahr: 2007
CONTENTS
List of Cases xi
Table of Statutes xlvii
1 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 1
The mediaeval law 1
The origin of assumpsit 5
Assumpsit and debt 7
The doctrine of consideration 8
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 10
The nineteenth century 13
Implied terms 17
2 SOME FACTORS AFFECTING MODERN CONTRACT LAW 19
Continental influence in the nineteenth centuty 20
Influence of economic theory 21
Inequality of bargaining power 23
The use of standard form contracts 24
Consumer protection 26
The relationship between standard form conttacts, inequality of
bargaining power and consumer protection 27
Contractual behaviour 28
A law of contract or contracts? 29
The interrelationship of contract and tort 30
Good faith in contract law 32
1 he globalisation of contract law 33
Human Rights Act 1998 34
3 THE PHENOMENA OF AGREEMENT 36
Introduction 36
Offer and acceptance: offer 39
Offer and acceptance: acceptance 47
lermmation of offer 72
viii Contents
Constructing a contract 81
Inchoate contracts 85
Long-term relationships 91
4 CONSIDERATION 93
Function and definition 93
Consideration—executory, executed and past 97
Consideration must move from the promisee 101
Sufficiency of consideration 104
5 INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONS 142
Domestic agreements 144
Commercial agreements 148
6 THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTRACT 156
Express terms 157
Implied terms 172
The relative importance of contractual terms 191
Excluding and limiting terms 202
Statutory provisions: Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 231
The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 253
7 UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS 258
History and policy of the Statute of Frauds 259
Statute of Frauds, section 4, and Law of Property Act 1925, section 40 263
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989, section 2 277
Other rules about form 280
Writing, signature and electronic commerce 281
8 MISTAKE 282
Introduction 282
The two categories or cases 286
Documents mistakenly signed 321
9 MISREPRESENTATION, DURESS AND UNDUE INFLUENCE 329
Misrepresentation 330
Duress and undue influence 383
Contents ix
10 CONTRACTS RENDERED VOID BY STATUTE 404
Wagering contracts 404
Agreements prohibited by competition law 424
11 CONTRACTS ILLEGAL BY STATUTE OR AT COMMON LAW 460
Contracts prohibited by statute 461
Contracts illegal at common law on grounds of public policy 467
The consequence of illegality 487
Proof of illegality 510
Reform 511
12 CONTRACTS VOID AT COMMON LAW ON GROUNDS OF
PUBLIC POLICY 512
The contracts described 513
The legal consequences 537
13 CAPACITY OF PARTIES 547
Minors 548
Corporations 565
Persons mentally disordered, and drunkards 570
14 PRIVITY OF CONTRACT 572
The doctrine of privity of contract 572
Qualifications to doctrine 575
Enforcement by promisee 582
The Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 588
Attempts to impose liabilities upon strangers 593
15 PRIVITY OF CONTRACT UNDER THE LAW OF AGENCY 601
The place of agency in English law 602
Formation of agency 605
Position of principal and agency with regard to third parties 614
Unauthorised acts of the agent 627
Termination of agency 634
16 THE VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS
AND LIABILITIES 642
The assignment oí contractual rights 642
The assignment of contractual liabilities 664
Contents
17 THE INVOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS
AND LIABILITIES 669
18 PERFORMANCE AND BREACH 671
Introduction 672
The order of performance 673
Excuses for non-performance 674
Can a party who does not perform perfectly claim payment or
performance from the other party? 675
Can an innocent party who has paid in advance recover his payment in the
event of a failure of perfect performance? 679
Can the innocent party terminate the contract? 680
What is the effect of a repudiation or a fundamental breach? 688
The effect of discharging the contract for a bad reason, when a good
reason also exists 694
Some possible special cases 695
Contractual provisions for termination 699
Stipulations as to time 702
Tender of performance 705
19 DISCHARGE BY AGREEMENT 707
Bilateral discharge 709
Unilateral discharge 717
20 DISCHARGE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF FRUSTRATION 721
Nature and rationale of the doctrine 721
Operation of the doctrine 726
Effect of the doctrine 737
21 REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT 749
Introduction 749
Damages 751
Specific performance T97
Extinction of remedies 806
Index 817
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Titel: Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston's Law of contract
Autor: Furmston, Michael P.
Jahr: 2007
CONTENTS
List of Cases xi
Table of Statutes xlvii
1 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 1
The mediaeval law 1
The origin of assumpsit 5
Assumpsit and debt 7
The doctrine of consideration 8
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 10
The nineteenth century 13
Implied terms 17
2 SOME FACTORS AFFECTING MODERN CONTRACT LAW 19
Continental influence in the nineteenth centuty 20
Influence of economic theory 21
Inequality of bargaining power 23
The use of standard form contracts 24
Consumer protection 26
The relationship between standard form conttacts, inequality of
bargaining power and consumer protection 27
Contractual behaviour 28
A law of contract or contracts? 29
The interrelationship of contract and tort 30
Good faith in contract law 32
1 he globalisation of contract law 33
Human Rights Act 1998 34
3 THE PHENOMENA OF AGREEMENT 36
Introduction 36
Offer and acceptance: offer 39
Offer and acceptance: acceptance 47
lermmation of offer 72
viii Contents
Constructing a contract 81
Inchoate contracts 85
Long-term relationships 91
4 CONSIDERATION 93
Function and definition 93
Consideration—executory, executed and past 97
Consideration must move from the promisee 101
Sufficiency of consideration 104
5 INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONS 142
Domestic agreements 144
Commercial agreements 148
6 THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTRACT 156
Express terms 157
Implied terms 172
The relative importance of contractual terms 191
Excluding and limiting terms 202
Statutory provisions: Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 231
The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 253
7 UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS 258
History and policy of the Statute of Frauds 259
Statute of Frauds, section 4, and Law of Property Act 1925, section 40 263
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989, section 2 277
Other rules about form 280
Writing, signature and electronic commerce 281
8 MISTAKE 282
Introduction 282
The two categories or cases 286
Documents mistakenly signed 321
9 MISREPRESENTATION, DURESS AND UNDUE INFLUENCE 329
Misrepresentation 330
Duress and undue influence 383
Contents ix
10 CONTRACTS RENDERED VOID BY STATUTE 404
Wagering contracts 404
Agreements prohibited by competition law 424
11 CONTRACTS ILLEGAL BY STATUTE OR AT COMMON LAW 460
Contracts prohibited by statute 461
Contracts illegal at common law on grounds of public policy 467
The consequence of illegality 487
Proof of illegality 510
Reform 511
12 CONTRACTS VOID AT COMMON LAW ON GROUNDS OF
PUBLIC POLICY 512
The contracts described 513
The legal consequences 537
13 CAPACITY OF PARTIES 547
Minors 548
Corporations 565
Persons mentally disordered, and drunkards 570
14 PRIVITY OF CONTRACT 572
The doctrine of privity of contract 572
Qualifications to doctrine 575
Enforcement by promisee 582
The Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 588
Attempts to impose liabilities upon strangers 593
15 PRIVITY OF CONTRACT UNDER THE LAW OF AGENCY 601
The place of agency in English law 602
Formation of agency 605
Position of principal and agency with regard to third parties 614
Unauthorised acts of the agent 627
Termination of agency 634
16 THE VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS
AND LIABILITIES 642
The assignment oí contractual rights 642
The assignment of contractual liabilities 664
Contents
17 THE INVOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS
AND LIABILITIES 669
18 PERFORMANCE AND BREACH 671
Introduction 672
The order of performance 673
Excuses for non-performance 674
Can a party who does not perform perfectly claim payment or
performance from the other party? 675
Can an innocent party who has paid in advance recover his payment in the
event of a failure of perfect performance? 679
Can the innocent party terminate the contract? 680
What is the effect of a repudiation or a fundamental breach? 688
The effect of discharging the contract for a bad reason, when a good
reason also exists 694
Some possible special cases 695
Contractual provisions for termination 699
Stipulations as to time 702
Tender of performance 705
19 DISCHARGE BY AGREEMENT 707
Bilateral discharge 709
Unilateral discharge 717
20 DISCHARGE UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF FRUSTRATION 721
Nature and rationale of the doctrine 721
Operation of the doctrine 726
Effect of the doctrine 737
21 REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT 749
Introduction 749
Damages 751
Specific performance T97
Extinction of remedies 806
Index 817 |
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