McKendrick provides an excellent, readable guide to contract law for those embarking on a first degree or conversion course in law. The book contains all the key information as well as more complex issues to serve as a valuable course companion, but equally to aid revision in preparation for exams. This edition includes the following key updates in case law: Proprietary Estoppel: Yeoman's Row Management Ltd v Cobbe [2008] UKHL 55 Frustration: Edwinton Commercial Corporation, Global Tradeways Limited v Tsavliris Russ (Worldwide Salvage& Towage) Ltd (The 'Sea Angel') [2007] EWCA Civ 547, CTI Group Inc v Transclear SA [2008] EWCA Civ 856 Remoteness Of Damage: Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc [2008] UKHL 48; [2008] 3 WLR 345 Date Of Assessment Of Contractual Damages: Golden Strait Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha [2007] UKHL 12;[2007] 2 WLR 691 Damages And Account Of Profits: WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature v. World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. [2007] EWCA 286
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'McKendrick's text offers students an unparalleled combination of accessibility and comprehensiveness.' - Lee Roach, Times Higher Education Supplement (review of previous edition)
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Basingstoke
Großbritannien
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Maße
Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 172 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
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978-0-230-21671-6 (9780230216716)
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EWAN MCKENDRICK is Herbert Smith Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford, UK, where he is also a Pro-Vice-Chancellor and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is the author of a number of key works on contract law and commercial law, and is an editor of Chitty on Contracts. He is also a barrister in practice with a leading set of commercial chambers in London.
Introduction PART I: 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 II: THE CONTENT OF A CONTRACT What is a Term? The Source of Contractual Terms The Classification of Contractual Terms Exclusion Clauses PART III: 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 IV: PERFORMANCE, DISCHARGE AND REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT Performance and Discharge of the Contract Breach of Contract Damages for Breach of Contract Obtaining an Adequate Remedy
