Contract - General Principles

This text contains an exposition of the general principles of the South African law of contract, as far as both its application by the courts and its theoretical structure and explanation are concerned. As such, the book is intended for use by students as well as practitioners of the law. Where the postitive law has not been settled in respect of a particular problem or area of the law, divergent opinions in decided cases and academic publications are considered and, where appropriate, a solution is offered. The authors generally follow an analytical approach to the concepts and rules pertaining to contracts, while attempting to place the law of contract in its wider jurisprudential and social perspective.