Contract law : text, cases, and materials /
McKendrick, Ewan.
Contract law : text, cases, and materials / Ewan McKendrick. - xlviii, 1239 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xlvii]-xlviii) and index.
Part 1 The formation and scope of a contract: agreement --
clearing the ground; offer and acceptance; certainty and agreement mistakes; consideration and form; intention to create legal relations; third party rights --
Part 2 The content of a contract: what is a term?; the sources of contractual terms; the classification of contractual terms; exclusion sources --
Part 3 Policing the contract: a duty to disclose material facts; misrepresentation; common mistake and frustration; illegality; capacity; duress, undue influence, and inequality of bargaining power --
Part 4 Performance, discharge and the remedies for breach of contract: performance and discharge of the contract; breach of contract; damages for breach of contract; obtaining an adequate remedy.
Ewan McKendrick has updated this textbook which explores the underlying themes and explains the basic rules of English contract law. He introduces the debates about the nature, scope and functions of this law and discusses the wider controversies which surround some of the basic doctrines.
0333794273
Contracts--Great Britain.
Contracts--Great Britain--Cases.
346.4102 / M.E.C
Contract law : text, cases, and materials / Ewan McKendrick. - xlviii, 1239 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xlvii]-xlviii) and index.
Part 1 The formation and scope of a contract: agreement --
clearing the ground; offer and acceptance; certainty and agreement mistakes; consideration and form; intention to create legal relations; third party rights --
Part 2 The content of a contract: what is a term?; the sources of contractual terms; the classification of contractual terms; exclusion sources --
Part 3 Policing the contract: a duty to disclose material facts; misrepresentation; common mistake and frustration; illegality; capacity; duress, undue influence, and inequality of bargaining power --
Part 4 Performance, discharge and the remedies for breach of contract: performance and discharge of the contract; breach of contract; damages for breach of contract; obtaining an adequate remedy.
Ewan McKendrick has updated this textbook which explores the underlying themes and explains the basic rules of English contract law. He introduces the debates about the nature, scope and functions of this law and discusses the wider controversies which surround some of the basic doctrines.
0333794273
Contracts--Great Britain.
Contracts--Great Britain--Cases.
346.4102 / M.E.C