Contract law : text, cases, and materials / Ewan McKendrick.

By:

McKendrick, Ewan [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: xlviii, 1239 pages ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0333794273

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

346.4102 22 M.E.C

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A6	Faculty of Economics & Political (Political)	346.4102 M.E.C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000909

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.

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