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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453049903321

Autore

Spark Gareth

Titolo

Vitiation of contracts : international contractual principles and English law / / Gareth Spark [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-61115-1

1-107-23787-4

1-139-60933-5

1-139-61301-4

1-139-38282-9

1-139-61673-0

1-139-62603-5

1-283-87068-1

1-139-62231-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 335 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

346.02/2

Soggetti

Impossibility of performance

Nullity

Discharge of contracts

Breach of contract

Impossibility of performance - England

Nullity - England

Discharge of contracts - England

Breach of contract - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction -- Mental incapacity -- Non est factum in English law -- Common mistake in English law -- Mistake as to identity in English law -- Mistake as to terms in English law -- Mutual mistake in English law -- Mistake under the PICC, PECL, DCFR, and US Restatement (Second) of Contracts -- Misrepresentation -- Duress -- Undue influence -- Unconscionability -- Undue influence and unconscionability under the



PICC, PECL and DCFR -- ; Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Vitiation of Contracts proposes a new theory to explain the rationale of general vitiating factors in English contract law. It provides a clear link to voluntariness as the foundation of contractual liability and compares the English position, in light of this theory, with the Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC), the Principles of European Contract Law (PECL), the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) and the US Restatement (Second) of Contracts.