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The law of contract

"The Law of Contract provides an accessible overview of the fundamentals of contract law and its underlying rationales. It also introduces and explores the main academic debates within the subject, encouraging students to decide for themselves whether the rules that contract law adopts are just...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Sullivan, Janet
Other Authors: Hilliard, Jonathan
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014
Edition:6th ed.
Series:Core text series
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • General themes and issues
  • Offer and acceptance I : general principles
  • Offer and acceptance II : three applications of the general principles
  • Certainty
  • Contracts which fail to materialise
  • Consideration and estoppel
  • Privity
  • Terms of the contract I : Terms of the contract II : exemption clauses and unfair terms
  • Misrepresentations and non-disclosure
  • Duress
  • Undue influence
  • Unconscionable bargains
  • Incapacity
  • Illegality and public policy
  • Common mistake
  • Frustration
  • Discharge of a contract for breach
  • Remedies I : compensatory damages
  • Remedies II : specific remedies
  • Remedies III : other non-compensatory remedies.