Cheshire & Fifoot law of contract / N. C. Seddon, R. A. Bigwood.
2022
Online
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Title
Cheshire & Fifoot law of contract / N. C. Seddon, R. A. Bigwood.
Alternate Title
Law of contract
Imprint
Chatswood, NSW : LexisNexis, 2022.
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : HTML page
Call Number
Online
Summary
Alongside the latest edition of the longstanding book, this develops the title into a subscription title on our digital offering. With the addition of the updating format, Cheshire & Fifoot Law of Contract will take account of developments in contract law, and will provide authoritative and comprehensive coverage of important areas of contract law including estoppel, restitution and statutory misleading conduct. It follows the contractual process structurally, stepping through the contract formation, construction and breach, excuses, and termination and ensure that the practitioner has access to all the information needed for the particular problem they are dealing with. - Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Part I: Overview of the law of contract
1. Overview of contract law
Part II: Contract formation
2. Estoppel
3. Agreement: offer and acceptance
4. Consideration
5. Intention to create legal relations
6. Uncertainty
7. Privity of contract
8. Assignment of contractual rights and liabilities
Part III: Breach and construction
9. Breach
10. Construction of contracts
Part IV: Excuses
11. Misrepresentation and misleading conduct
12. Mistake
13. Duress
14. Undue influence
15. Unconscionable conduct
16. Formalities
17. Incapacity
18. Illegal contracts
Part V: Termination
19. Termination by frustration
20. Termination for non-fulfilment of contingent condition
21. Termination for breach
22. Variation and termination by consent
Part VI: Remedies
23. Damages
24. Equitable remedies
25. Limitation of actions
26. Restitution and debt
Part VII: History and theory
27. Historical introduction to the law of contract
28. A guide to contract theory
Index.
1. Overview of contract law
Part II: Contract formation
2. Estoppel
3. Agreement: offer and acceptance
4. Consideration
5. Intention to create legal relations
6. Uncertainty
7. Privity of contract
8. Assignment of contractual rights and liabilities
Part III: Breach and construction
9. Breach
10. Construction of contracts
Part IV: Excuses
11. Misrepresentation and misleading conduct
12. Mistake
13. Duress
14. Undue influence
15. Unconscionable conduct
16. Formalities
17. Incapacity
18. Illegal contracts
Part V: Termination
19. Termination by frustration
20. Termination for non-fulfilment of contingent condition
21. Termination for breach
22. Variation and termination by consent
Part VI: Remedies
23. Damages
24. Equitable remedies
25. Limitation of actions
26. Restitution and debt
Part VII: History and theory
27. Historical introduction to the law of contract
28. A guide to contract theory
Index.
Added Author
Fifoot, C. H. S. 1899-1975, author. (Cecil Herbert Stuart),
Seddon, Nicholas, 1944-, author.
Bigwood, Rick, author.
Seddon, Nicholas, 1944-, author.
Bigwood, Rick, author.
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