TY - BOOK AU - McKendrick Ewan TI - Contract law T2 - Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters SN - 9780230018839 AV - KD1554 MCK PY - 2007/// PB - Palgrave/Macmillan KW - Contracts N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -