Contract law:
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Basingstoke [u.a.]
Palgrave Macmillan
2009
|
| Edition: | 8. ed. |
| Series: | Palgrave Macmillan law masters
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Physical Description: | XI, 378 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780230216716 0230216714 |
Staff View
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV035732404 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20091026 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 090921s2009 |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780230216716 |9 978-0-230-21671-6 | ||
| 020 | |a 0230216714 |9 0-230-21671-4 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)320492898 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV035732404 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rakwb | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-703 |a DE-739 |a DE-11 | ||
| 050 | 0 | |a KD1554 | |
| 082 | 0 | |a 346.4202 |2 22 | |
| 084 | |a PU 4343 |0 (DE-625)140563: |2 rvk | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a McKendrick, Ewan |d 1960- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)128521309 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Contract law |c Ewan McKendrick |
| 250 | |a 8. ed. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Basingstoke [u.a.] |b Palgrave Macmillan |c 2009 | |
| 300 | |a XI, 378 S. | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 490 | 0 | |a Palgrave Macmillan law masters | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Contracts |z England | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Contracts |z Wales | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Vertragsrecht |0 (DE-588)4063283-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 651 | 7 | |a Großbritannien |0 (DE-588)4022153-2 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Großbritannien |0 (DE-588)4022153-2 |D g |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Vertragsrecht |0 (DE-588)4063283-0 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=018008972&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-018008972 | ||
Record in the Search Index
| _version_ | 1804140013240188928 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | Contents
Preface to the eighth edition
XII
Table of Cases
xiii
Table of Statutes
xxxiv
1
Introduction
1
1.1
Introduction
1
1.2
The scope of the law of contract
1
1.3
The basis of the law of contract
2
1.4
Contract, tort and restitution
4
1.5
Contract and empirical work
5
1.6
A European contract law?
6
1.7
An international contract law?
8
1.8
The role of nattonal contract law in a global economy
10
1.9
Contract law and human rights
11
W The1
formation and scope of a contract
15
2
Agreement: clearing the ground
17
2.1
Who decides that an agreement has been reached?
17
2.2
A residual role for a subjective approach?
19
2.3
The objective test
21
2.4
Has agreement been reached?
22
Summary
24
Exercises
25
3
Offer and acceptance
26
3.1
Offer and invitation to treat
26
3.2
Display of goods for sale
28
3.3
Advertisements
30
3.4
Auction sales
30
3.5
Tenders
31
3.6
Time-tables and vending machines
33
3.7
Acceptance
34
3.8
Communication of the acceptance
34
3.9
Acceptance in ignorance of the offer
35
3.10
Prescribed method of acceptance
36
3.11
Acceptance by silence
36
3.12
Exceptions to the rule requiring communication of acceptance
37
3.13
Acceptance in unilateral contracts
40
3.14
Termination of the offer
41
3.15
The limits of offer and acceptance
42
Contents
107
108
109
110
110
111
113
115
115
116
120
120
121
122
123
124
124
124
129
130
131
132
134
135
135
136
136
138
138
140
Ρ
The content
of
a
contract
141
8
What is a term?
143
8.1
What is a term?
143
8.2
Verification
144
8.3
Importance
144
8.4
Special knowledge
144
8.5
The consequences of the distinction between a term and a mere
representation
145
8.6
Can a representation be incorporated into a contract as a term?
145
Summary
146
Exercises
146
9
The sources of contractual terms
147
9.1
Introduction
147
9.2
The
parol
evidence rule
147
9.3
Bound by your signature?
149
9.4
Incorporation of written terms
152
9.5
Incorporation by a course of dealing
154
6.5
Commercial agreements
Summary
Exercises
Third
party rights
7.1
Introduction
7.2
Privity in operation
7.3
Privity and consideration
7.4
Criticisms of the doctrine of privity
7.5
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act
1999
7.6
The intention test
7.7
No consideration required
7.8
The remedies available to the third party
7.9
Variation and cancellation
7.10
The defences available to the promisor
7.11
Avoiding double liability
7.12
Exceptions to the pew third party right of action
7.13
Preserving existing exceptions
7.14
Rights of the promisee
7.15
Collateral contracts
7.16
Agency
7.17
The trust concept
7.18
The role of the law of tort
7.19
Assignment
7.20
Negotiable instruments
7.21
Statutory exceptions
7.22
A further common law exception?
7.23
Interference with contractual rights
7.24
Conclusion
Summary
Exercises
Contents
9.6 Interpretation 155
9.7
Rectification 161
9.8
Implied terms 163
Summary 166
Exercises
10
The classification of contractual terms 168
10.1
The classification of terms 1
^38
10.2
What is a condition ? 1 ^
10.3
Distinguishing between a condition and a warranty
169
10.4
The need for change? 172
10.5
Innominate terms 174
Summary 176
Exercises 177
11
Exclusion clauses
11.1
Exclusion clauses: defence or definition? 178
11.2
The functions of exclusion clauses 179
11.3
An outline of the law 180
11.4
Incorporation 18^
11.5
Construction of exclusion clauses
^80
11.6
Negligence liability 18^
11.7
Fundamental breach
1
^5
11.8
Other common law controls upon exclusion clauses
1
87
11.9
The Unfair Contract Terms Act
1977 1
87
11.10
Negligence liability I87
11.11
Liability for breach of contract
І91
11.12
Indemnity clauses 195
11.13
Attempts at evasion 195
11.14
The reasonableness test
196
11.15
Excepted contracts
1
11.16
Conclusion
200
Summary
202
Exercises
203
Policing the contract
205
12
A duty to disclose material facts?
207
12.1
Introduction
207
12.2
Snatching at a bargain
208
12.3
Representation by conduct
208
12.4
Representation falsified by later events
209
12.5
Statement literally true but misleading
209
12.6
Contracts uberrimae
Udei
210
12.7
Fiduciary relationships
210
12.8
A duty of disclosure in tort?
210
12.9
The rote of the Sate of Goods Act
1979 210
12.10
Conclusion
211
Summary
215
Exercises
216
Contents
13
Misrepresentation
217
13.1
Introduction
217
13.2
What is a misrepresentation?
218
13.3
A statement of existing fact or law
218
13.4
Addressed to the party misled
220
13.5
Inducement
220
13.6
The types of misrepresentation
222
13.7
Remedies
227
13.8
Rescission
227
13.9
Damages
229
13.10
Excluding liability for misrepresentation
232
Summary
233
Exercises
234
14
Common mistake and frustration
235
14.1
Introduction
235
14.2
Common mistake
236
14.3
Mistake as to the existence of the subject-matter of the contract
238
14.4
Mistake as to identity of the subject-matter
240
14.5
Mistake as to the possibility of performing the contract
240
14.6
Mistake as to quality
240
14.7
Mistake in equity
243
14.8
Frustration
245
14.9
Frustration, force
majeure
and hardship
245
14.10
Frustration: a sterile doctrine?
248
14.11
Impossibility
248
14.12
Frustration of purpose
249
14.13
Illegality
250
14.14
Express provision
250
14.15
Foreseen and forseeable events
251
14.16
Self-induced frustration
252
14.17
The effects of frustration
254
14.18
Conclusion
257
Summary
258
Exercises
259
15
Illegality
260
15.1
Introduction
260
15.2
Some difficulties of classification
261
15.3
Illegality in performance
261
15.4
Statutory illegality
263
15.5
Gaming and wagering contracts
263
15.6
Illegality at common law
264
15.7
Contracts contrary to good morals
264
15.8
Contracts prejudicial to family life
265
15.9
Contracts to commit a crime or a civil wrong
265
15.10
Contracts prejudicial to the administration of justice
266
15.11
Contracts prejudicial to public relations
266
15.12
Contracts in restraint of trade
266
15.13
Contracts of employment
267
Contents
15.14
Contracts for the sale of a business
268
15.15
Restrictive trading and analogous agreements
268
15.16
The scope of public policy
269
15.17
The effects of illegality
270
15.18
The recovery of money or property
270
15.19
Severance
275
Summary
275
Exercises
276
16
Capacity
277
16.1
Introduction
277
16.2
Minors
277
16.3
Mental incapacity and drunkenness
279
16.4
Companies
281
Summary
281
Exercises
282
17
Duress, undue influence and inequality of bargaining power
283
17.1
Introduction
283
17.2
Common law duress
283
17.3
Undue influence
288
17.4
Inequality of bargaining power
292
17.5
The role of Parliament
294
17.6
The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations
1999
295
17.7
A general doctrine of unconscionability?
301
Summary
302
Exercises
303
Performance, discharge and remedies for breach
of contract
305
18
Performance and discharge of the contract
307
18.1
Performance
307
18.2
Discharge of the contract
307
18.3
Discharge by performance
308
18.4
Discharge by agreement
308
18.5
Discharge by operation of law
308
Summary
309
Exercises
309
19
Breach of contract
310
19.1
Introduction: breach defined
310
19.2
When does breach occur?
310
19.3
The consequences of breach
311
19.4
Damages
311
19.5
Enforcement by the party in breach
312
19.6
The right to terminate performance of the contract
312
19.7
The prospective nature of breach
313
19.8
The right of election
314
19.9
Anticipatory breach
316
Summary
319
Exercises
319
Contents
20
Damages
for breach of contract
321
20.1
Introduction
321
20.2
Compensation and the different interests
321
20.3
The expectation interest
323
20.4
The restitution interest
327
20.5
Failure of consideration and enrichment by subtraction
327
20.6
Enrichment by wrongdoing
329
20.7
Reliance interest
334
20.8
The date of assessment
335
20.9
The commitment to the protection of the expectation interest
336
20.10
Mitigation
336
20.11
Remoteness
337
20.12
Causation
341
20.13
Damages for pain and suffering and the consumer surplus
342
20.14
Conclusion
345
Summary
346
Exercises
346
21
Obtaining an adequate remedy
347
21.1
Introduction
347
21.2
The entire obligations (or entire contracts ) rule
347
21.3
The creation of conditions
349
21.4
A claim in debt
349
21.5
Liquidated damages
350
21.6
Evading the penalty clause rule
353
21.7
Deposits and part payments
355
21.8
Liquidated damages, penalty clauses and forfeitures: an assessment
358
21.9
Specific performance
360
21.10
Injunctions
363
21.11
Damages in lieu of specific performance
364
21.12
Conclusion
364
Summary
365
Exercises
365
Bibliography
367
Index
375
|
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| author | McKendrick, Ewan 1960- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)128521309 |
| author_facet | McKendrick, Ewan 1960- |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | McKendrick, Ewan 1960- |
| author_variant | e m em |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV035732404 |
| callnumber-first | K - Law |
| callnumber-label | KD1554 |
| callnumber-raw | KD1554 |
| callnumber-search | KD1554 |
| callnumber-sort | KD 41554 |
| callnumber-subject | KD - United Kingdom and Ireland |
| classification_rvk | PU 4343 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)320492898 (DE-599)BVBBV035732404 |
| dewey-full | 346.4202 |
| dewey-hundreds | 300 - Social sciences |
| dewey-ones | 346 - Private law |
| dewey-raw | 346.4202 |
| dewey-search | 346.4202 |
| dewey-sort | 3346.4202 |
| dewey-tens | 340 - Law |
| discipline | Rechtswissenschaft |
| edition | 8. ed. |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>01523nam a2200421 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV035732404</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20091026 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">090921s2009 |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780230216716</subfield><subfield code="9">978-0-230-21671-6</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0230216714</subfield><subfield code="9">0-230-21671-4</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)320492898</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV035732404</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rakwb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-703</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-739</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-11</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">KD1554</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">346.4202</subfield><subfield code="2">22</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PU 4343</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)140563:</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">McKendrick, Ewan</subfield><subfield code="d">1960-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)128521309</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Contract law</subfield><subfield code="c">Ewan McKendrick</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="250" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">8. ed.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Basingstoke [u.a.]</subfield><subfield code="b">Palgrave Macmillan</subfield><subfield code="c">2009</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">XI, 378 S.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Palgrave Macmillan law masters</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Contracts</subfield><subfield code="z">England</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Contracts</subfield><subfield code="z">Wales</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Vertragsrecht</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4063283-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Großbritannien</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4022153-2</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Großbritannien</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4022153-2</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Vertragsrecht</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4063283-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=018008972&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-018008972</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| geographic | Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 gnd |
| geographic_facet | Großbritannien |
| id | DE-604.BV035732404 |
| illustrated | Not Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-09T21:53:13Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9780230216716 0230216714 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-018008972 |
| oclc_num | 320492898 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-703 DE-739 DE-11 |
| owner_facet | DE-703 DE-739 DE-11 |
| physical | XI, 378 S. |
| publishDate | 2009 |
| publishDateSearch | 2009 |
| publishDateSort | 2009 |
| publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| record_format | marc |
| series2 | Palgrave Macmillan law masters |
| spelling | McKendrick, Ewan 1960- Verfasser (DE-588)128521309 aut Contract law Ewan McKendrick 8. ed. Basingstoke [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2009 XI, 378 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Palgrave Macmillan law masters Contracts England Contracts Wales Vertragsrecht (DE-588)4063283-0 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 g Vertragsrecht (DE-588)4063283-0 s DE-604 Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=018008972&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | McKendrick, Ewan 1960- Contract law Contracts England Contracts Wales Vertragsrecht (DE-588)4063283-0 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4063283-0 (DE-588)4022153-2 |
| title | Contract law |
| title_auth | Contract law |
| title_exact_search | Contract law |
| title_full | Contract law Ewan McKendrick |
| title_fullStr | Contract law Ewan McKendrick |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contract law Ewan McKendrick |
| title_short | Contract law |
| title_sort | contract law |
| topic | Contracts England Contracts Wales Vertragsrecht (DE-588)4063283-0 gnd |
| topic_facet | Contracts England Contracts Wales Vertragsrecht Großbritannien |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=018008972&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mckendrickewan contractlaw |