A new edition of this popular and highly respected text, providing a concise and readable guide to contract law for those embarking on a first degree or conversion course in law. Fully revised and updated, the book combines a clear and straightforward account of the basic rules with coverage of many of the subject's more complex issues. EWAN MCKENDRICK is Herbert Smith Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford, UK, where he is also a Pro-Vice-Chancellor and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is the author of a number of key works on contract law and commercial law, and is an editor of 'Chitty on Contracts'. He is also a barrister in practice with a leading set of commercial chambers in London. INDICE: 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 - ThirdParty Rights - PART II: THE CONTENT OF A CONTRACT - What is a Term? - The Source of Contractual Terms - The Classification of Contractual Terms - ExclusionClauses - 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 -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-28569-9
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha Publicación: 03/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés