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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778428503321

Titolo

Exploring contract law / edited by Jason W. Neyers, Richard Bronaugh and Stephen G.A. Pitel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2009

ISBN

1-84731-720-0

1-4725-6044-2

1-282-38803-7

9786612388033

1-84731-511-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (462 p.)

Disciplina

346.02

Soggetti

Contracts

Obligations (Law)

Damages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The chapters in this volume are the product of a symposium ... held at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law in January 2008"--Foreword

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

1. The Limits of Contract -- STEPHEN A SMITH -- 2. Border Control: Some Comparative Remarks on the Cartography of Obligations -- HELGE DEDEK -- 3. Principle in Contract Law: the Doctrine of Consideration -- STEPHEN WADDAMS -- 4. Contractual Interpretation at Common Law and Civil Law: An Exercise in Comparative Legal Rhetoric -- CATHERINE VALCKE -- 5. Consideration and the Morality of Promising -- ANDREW S GOLD -- 6. Justifying Damages -- CHARLIE WEBB -- 7. Damages and the Right to Performance: A Golden Victory or Not? -- ROBERT STEVENS -- 8. Estoppels and Rights-Creating Events: Beyond Wrongs and Promises -- ANDREW ROBERTSON -- 9. Lumley v Gye and the (Over?) Protection of Contracts -- G H L FRIDMAN -- 10. Contracting Out of Liability for Deceit, Inadvertent Misrepresentation and Negligent Misstatement -- MARK P GERGEN -- 11. Assignments, Trusts, Property and Obligations -- ANDREW TETTENBORN -- 12. The Nature of Equitable Assignment and Anti-Assignment Clauses -- C H



THAM -- 13. Coming to Terms with The Great Peace in Common Mistake -- KELVIN F K LOW -- 14. Contractual Mistake, Intention in Formation and Vitiation: the Oxymoron of Smith v Hughes -- MINDY CHEN-WISHART -- 15. From Morgan to Etridge: Tracing the (Dis)Integration of Undue Influence in the United Kingdom -- RICK BIGWOOD

Sommario/riassunto

"In this book, leading scholars from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States deal with important theoretical and practical issues in the law of contract and closely-related areas of private law. The chapters analyse developments in the law of estoppel, mistake, undue influence, the interpretation of contracts, assignment, exclusion clauses and damages. The chapters also address more theoretical issues such as discerning the limits of contract law, the role of principle in the development of contract doctrine and the morality of promising"--Book jacket

In this book, leading scholars from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States deal with important theoretical and practical issues in the law of contract and closely-related areas of private law. The articles analyse developments in the law of estoppel, mistake, undue influence, the interpretation of contracts, assignment, exclusion clauses and damages. The articles also address more theoretical issues such as discerning the limits of contract law, the role of principle in the development of contract doctrine and the morality of promising. With its rich scope of contributors and topics, Exploring Contract Law will be highly useful to lawyers, judges and academics across the common law world. Contributors: Rick Bigwood, Richard Bronaugh, Mindy Chen-Wishart, Helge Dedek, Gerald H L Fridman, Mark P Gergen, Andrew S Gold, Kelvin F K Low, Jason W Neyers, Stephen G A Pitel, Andrew Roberston, Stephen A Smith, Robert Stevens, Andrew Tettenborn, Chee Ho Tham, Catherine Valcke, Stephen Waddams, Charlie Webb. Foreword by Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada