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Contract law / created by Ewan McKendrick

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave Macmillan Law MastersPalgrave/Macmillan, 2009Edition: 8th EditionDescription: xl, 378 pages; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780230216716
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KD1554 MCK
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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Book Book Law Library Open Shelf KD1554 MCK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 158097 Available BK146054

Includes bibliography and index

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

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.

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