An introduction to the law of contract

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An introduction to the law of contract

by P.S. Atiyah

(Clarendon law series)

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1989

4th ed

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: hard ISBN 9780198256328

Description

The author has updated the book by incorporating discussion of recent statutes and cases, and by a more general modernization of the text. It re-examines many of the arguments formerly levelled against freedom of contract and discusses economic policy arguments.

Table of Contents

  • 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.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780198256335

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.

Table of Contents

  • 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.

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