An Introduction to the Law of Contract
4th Edition
Published on 1. September 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
518 pages
978-0-19-825633-5 (ISBN)
Description
Substantially revised and updated, this edition reexamines, in the light of renewed support for the ideology of freedom of contract, many of the arguments formerly levelled against this concept.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
table of cases, index
ISBN-13
978-0-19-825633-5 (9780198256335)
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Content
The development of the modern law of contract; definition and classification of contracts; contracts made by the parties - offer and acceptance; contracts made by the courts; certainty; consideration; the intention to create legal relations; formalities; the different kinds of contractual duties; contractual duties fixed by the parties; contractual duties not fixed by the parties; the construction of the contract; the duty to disclose material facts; misrepresentation; duress and undue influence; unfair contracts; void contracts; illegal contracts; the enforcement of contractual rights by third parties; the enforcements of contractual rights against third parties; termination and rescission of contracts; remedies for breach of contract.