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E-grāmata: Contract Law [Taylor & Francis e-book]

(University of Wolverhampton, UK)
  • Formāts: 280 pages, 2 Tables, color
  • Sērija : Key Facts Key Cases
  • Izdošanas datums: 12-Dec-2013
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315879659
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  • Formāts: 280 pages, 2 Tables, color
  • Sērija : Key Facts Key Cases
  • Izdošanas datums: 12-Dec-2013
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315879659
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For UK law students, this study guide outlines the main ideas of contract law, including its origins and functions and freedom of contract; the formation of a contract, including agreement, consideration, intention, and other factors; third party rights and privity; the terms and exclusion clauses; misrepresentation, mistake, duress, economic duress, undue influence, and illegality; discharge of a contract; and remedies. At the ends of chapters, key cases are presented with their key facts, laws, judgments, comments, inconsistencies or difficulties in the law, and links to other cases. Annotation ©2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Key Facts Key Cases: Contract Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Contract Law module with ease. This book explains in concise and straightforward terms:

  • The rules regarding formation of contracts

  • The contents of a contract

  • Vitiating factors, factors which invalidate an otherwise validly formed contract

  • The rules on discharge of contractual obligations

  • Available remedies

Key Facts Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law at LLB, postgraduate and conversion courses and professional courses such as ILEX. The series provides the simplest and most effective way to absorb and retain all of the material essential for passing your exams. Each chapter includes:

  • diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise key points

  • structured headings and numbered points to allow for clear recall of the essential points

  • charts and tables to break down more complex information

Where relevant, chapters also contain a Key Cases section which provides the simplest and most effective way to absorb and memorise essential cases needed for exam success.

  • Essential and leading cases are explained

  • The style, layout and explanations are user friendly

  • Cases are broken down into key components by use of a clear system of symbols for quick and easy visual recognition

Preface viii
Table Of Cases
xi
Chapter 1 Fundamentals Of Contract Law
1(3)
1.1 The origins and functions of contract law
1(2)
1.2 Freedom of contract
3(1)
Chapter 2 Formation Of A Contract: Agreement
4(24)
2.1 Formation of contracts?
4(2)
2.2 Offer
6(5)
2.3 Acceptance
11(17)
Key Cases Checklist
14(14)
Chapter 3 Formation Of A Contract: Consideration And Intention
28(27)
3.1 The nature and purpose of consideration
28(1)
3.2 Denning consideration
29(1)
3.3 Executory and executed consideration
30(1)
3.4 The rules of consideration
31(5)
3.5 Intention to create legal relations
36(19)
Key Cases Checklist
38(17)
Chapter 4 Other Factors Affecting Formation
55(17)
4.1 Form
55(3)
4.2 Capacity
58(4)
4.3 Capacity and minors' contracts
62(10)
Key Cases Checklist
66(6)
Chapter 5 Third Party Rights And Privity Of Contract
72(14)
5.1 The basic rule and its effects
72(1)
5.2 Problems with the privity rule
72(3)
5.3 Exceptions to the strict rule
75(2)
5.4 Statutory intervention and the reform of the rule
77(9)
Key Cases Checklist
79(7)
Chapter 6 The Contents Of The Contract: Terms
86(21)
6.1 Representations
86(1)
6.2 Terms
87(20)
Key Cases Checklist
95(12)
Chapter 7 The Contents Of The Contract: Exclusion Clauses
107(20)
7.1 Judicial control of exclusion clauses
107(4)
7.2 Statutory control of exclusion clauses
111(16)
Key Cases Checklist
118(9)
Chapter 8 Vitiating Factors: Misrepresentation
127(16)
8.1 Void and voidable contracts
127(1)
8.2 Misrepresentation
128(15)
Key Cases Checklist
136(7)
Chapter 9 Vitiating Factors: Mistake
143(15)
9.1 Introduction
143(1)
9.2 The classes of mistake
143(4)
9.3 Mistake and equity
147(1)
9.4 Non est factum
148(10)
Key Cases Checklist
150(8)
Chapter 10 Vitiating Factors: Duress, Economic Duress And Undue Influence
158(18)
10.1 Introduction
158(1)
10.2 Duress
159(1)
10.3 Economic duress
160(1)
10.4 Undue influence
161(15)
Key Cases Checklist
166(10)
Chapter 11 Vitiating Factors: Ilegality
176(16)
11.1 Introduction
176(1)
11.2 Contracts void by statute
176(1)
11.3 Contracts illegal by statute
177(1)
11.4 Contracts void at common law
178(3)
11.5 Contracts illegal at common law
181(1)
11.6 Consequences if a contract declared void
182(1)
11.7 Consequences if a contract declared illegal
182(10)
Key Cases Checklist
183(9)
Chapter 12 Discharge Of A Contract
192(25)
12.1 Discharge of the contract
192(1)
12.2 Discharge by performance
193(1)
12.3 Discharge by agreement
194(2)
12.4 Discharge by frustration
196(5)
12.5 Discharge by breach of contract
201(16)
Key Cases Checklist
205(12)
Chapter 13 Remedies
217(23)
13.1 Common law remedies
218(8)
13.2 Equitable remedies
226(14)
Key Cases Checklist
230(10)
Index 240
Chris Turner LLM is a Senior Lecturer in law at Wolverhampton University.

Series editors: Jacqueline Martin LLM, who has ten years experience as a practicing barrister and has taught law at all levels and Chris Turner LLM.
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