Contract Law: Text, Cases, and Materials - Brossura

McKendrick, Ewan

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ISBN 10: 0199699380 ISBN 13: 9780199699384

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2012

Riassunto

The fifth edition of Ewan McKendrick's Contract Law: Text, Cases, and Materials provides a complete guide to the subject in a single volume, containing everything needed for the study of contract law at undergraduate level.

Written by an experienced author and leading authority in the field, this is a popular text with students and lecturers alike.

The book comprises a unique balance of 40% text to 60% cases and materials, combining the best features of a textbook with those of a traditional casebook. The author's clear explanations and analyses of the law provide invaluable support to students, while the extracts from cases and materials promote the development of essential case reading skills and allow for a more detailed appreciation of the practical workings of the law, and of the best legal scholarship.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Ewan McKendrick is Herbert Smith Professor of English Private Law, Registrar of the University of Oxford, and a fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is a barrister at 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, London, and has published widely in the areas of contract law, commercial law, and tort law. He is one of the editors of Chitty on Contracts.

Contenuti:

• 1: Introduction
• Part I Formation
• 2: Agreement: Objective or subjective?
• 3: Offer and acceptance
• 4: Uncertain and incomplete agreements
• 5: Consideration and promissory estoppel
• 6: Formalities
• 7: Intention to create legal relations
• Part II Terms
• 8: The terms of the contract
• 9: Incorporation of terms
• 10: Implied terms
• 11: The interpretation of contracts
• 12: Boilerplate clauses
• 13: Exclusion clauses
• 14: Unfair terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
• 15: Good Faith
• Part III Setting the contract aside
• 16: Mistake
• 17: Misrepresentation
• 18: Duress
• 19: Undue influence
• 20: Unconscionability and inequality of bargaining power
• 21: Frustration and force majure
• Part IV Remedies for breach
• 22: Breach of contract and termination
• 23: Damages
• 24: Specific Performance
• Part V Third party rights
• 25: Third parties

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199699380
• ISBN 13: 9780199699384
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 1096