Contract Law

by Chen-Wishart, Mindy

• ISBN13: 9780199570058
• ISBN10: 0199570051
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This textbook provides a unique approach to contract law, employing the use of numerous diagrams and boxes to help explain the subject and bring it to life. Written by a leading contract lawyer with extensive teaching experience, the book uses an informal, lively, and analytical style toexplain the intricacies of contract law and the questions that arise during the life of a contract. The book is also accompanied by a wide-ranging web site to support the use of the book in teaching. Online Resource CentreFor Students * PowerPoint slides of selected diagrams with accompanying audio (voiced by the author) to show how these come together* Updates * Web links to key cases and legislation * Guidance on answering the questions posed in the book* Two additional chapters: 'Incapacity' and 'Illegality and Public Policy'For Lecturers * Diagrams from the book * Test bank

Author Biography

Mindy Chen-Wishart is Lecturer in the Law Faculty and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. Previously she was a Rhodes Research Fellow at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and a Senior Lecturer at Otago University, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Contract formation

The test of intention: objectivity and mistake of terms

Agreement

Enforceability: consideration, formalities, promissory estoppel

Privity

Privity

Vitiating factors

Misrepresentation and non-disclosure

Mistake of fact

Frustration

Duress

Unfairness: undue influence, non-commercial guarantees, unconscionale bargins

The contents of contracts

Identifying contractual terms

Interpretation of terms

Direct control over terms

Breach and remedies for breach

Breach of contract and termination

Damages

Specific and agreed remedies

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