Contract law / created by Ewan McKendrick

By:

McKendrick Ewan [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Palgrave Macmillan Law MastersPalgrave/Macmillan, 2007Edition: 7th EditionDescription: xlvi, 473 pages; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780230018839

Subject(s):

Contracts

LOC classification:

KD1554 MCK

Contents:

Introduction pt. 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 pt. 2. The content of a contract What is a term? The sources of contractual terms The classification of contractual terms Exclusion clauses pt. 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 pt. 4. 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 explores the underlying themes and explains the basic rules of English contract law, introducing the current debates about the nature, scope and functions of this law and discussing some of the wider controversies surrounding basic doctrines

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Includes bibliography and index

Introduction
pt. 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
pt. 2. The content of a contract
What is a term?
The sources of contractual terms
The classification of contractual terms
Exclusion clauses
pt. 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
pt. 4. 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 explores the underlying themes and explains the basic rules of English contract law, introducing the current debates about the nature, scope and functions of this law and discussing some of the wider controversies surrounding basic doctrines

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