Mistakes in contract law / / Catharine MacMillan |
Autore | MacMillan Catharine |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 346.4202 |
Soggetto topico |
Contracts - England
Contracts - Wales Mistake (Law) Mistake (Roman law) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4725-6067-1
1-282-65941-3 9786612659416 1-84731-553-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Contractual Mistake in Roman Law: From Justinian to the Natural Lawyers -- The Law of the Romans -- Roman Contract Law -- Roman Contract Law and Mistake -- Mistakes as to the Identity of a Contracting party: Error in persona -- Mistakes as to the Price to be Paid: Error in pretio -- Mistakes as to the Subject Matter of the Contract -- Medieval Roman Law -- 3. Contractual Mistake in English Law: Mistake in Equity before 1875 -- The Jurisdiction and Procedures of Chancery -- Reasons for the Intervention of Equity -- An Unconscientious Advantage Obtained by Mistake -- Agreement did not Conform to Parties' Intentions -- Instances Short of Fraud -- Protection of a Weaker Party -- The Limits of Equitable Intervention -- Forms of Equitable Relief for Mistake -- Rectification -- Specific Performance -- Rescission -- Conclusions -- 4. The Lack of Contractual Mistake at Common Law and the Nineteenth-century Transformation of Procedure -- Pleading -- Equitable Defences -- Evidence and the Pre-trial Discovery of Facts -- Pre-trial Discovery -- Witnesses -- Matters of Law rather than Fact -- Conclusions -- 5. Pothier and the Development of Mistake in English Contract Law -- Pothier and the Traité des Obligations -- Pothier and English Contract Law -- Early Contract Treatise Writers -- Colebrooke and Contract Law -- Macpherson and the Indian Contract Act 1872 -- Leake: The First Scientific Treatise Writer of Contract Law -- Judah Benjamin-The Living Transplant -- Conclusions -- 6. Von Savigny and the Development of Mistake in English Contract Law -- Von Savigny and German Legal Development -- Von Savigny and Contract -- Von Savigny and Mistake -- Sir Frederick Pollock -- Pollock's Principles of Contract -- Pollock as Will Theorist -- Pollock and Mistake -- The Changes in Pollock's Principles -- Sir William Anson and the Principles of the English Law of Contract -- Anson and Mistake -- Anson Modifies his Treatment of Mistake -- Conclusions -- 7. The Creation of Contractual Mistake in Nineteenth-century Common Law -- An Absence of Subject Matter: Couturier v Hastie (1856) -- Mistake which Prevents Agreement-Raffles v Wichelhaus (1864) -- Mistake as to a Quality of the Subject Matter-Kennedy v The Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company (Limited) (1867) -- Unilateral Mistake rarely renders a Contract Void-Smith v Hughes (1871) -- Conclusions -- 8. Mistake of Identity -- An Absence of Mistake of Identity in English Law -- Identity Frauds: Criminal Law and the Law of Obligations -- Hardman v Booth: A Turning Point -- Cundy v Lindsay: The Beginning of Mistake of Identity -- The Treatise Writers and the Development of Mistake of Identity -- New Legislation and a Changed Judicial Approach -- Conclusions -- 9. Mistake after Fusion -- The Judicature Act 1873 -- Equitable Mistake in the Chancery Division of the High Court -- The Impact of Procedural Unity upon Substantive Law -- Reform and Perform -- The Growing Necessity for the Mistake to be Bilateral -- The Increasing Rigidity of Equitable Relief -- Substantive Fusion of Mistake -- A Reduced Ambit for Mistake in Equity -- Common Law Mistake in the High Court -- The Importance of Bell v Lever Brothers -- The Court of Appeal -- The House of Lords -- The Importance of Solle v Butcher -- Conclusions -- 10. Summary and Conclusions -- Summary -- Conclusions -- Common Law Legal Development -- Transplants -- Contractual Mistake in Modern law |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459279303321 |
MacMillan Catharine | ||
Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mistakes in contract law / Catharine MacMillan |
Autore | MacMillan Catharine |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 346.4202 |
Soggetto topico |
Contracts - England
Contracts - Wales Mistake (Law) Mistake (Roman law) |
ISBN |
1-4725-6067-1
1-282-65941-3 9786612659416 1-84731-553-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Contractual Mistake in Roman Law: From Justinian to the Natural Lawyers -- The Law of the Romans -- Roman Contract Law -- Roman Contract Law and Mistake -- Mistakes as to the Identity of a Contracting party: Error in persona -- Mistakes as to the Price to be Paid: Error in pretio -- Mistakes as to the Subject Matter of the Contract -- Medieval Roman Law -- 3. Contractual Mistake in English Law: Mistake in Equity before 1875 -- The Jurisdiction and Procedures of Chancery -- Reasons for the Intervention of Equity -- An Unconscientious Advantage Obtained by Mistake -- Agreement did not Conform to Parties' Intentions -- Instances Short of Fraud -- Protection of a Weaker Party -- The Limits of Equitable Intervention -- Forms of Equitable Relief for Mistake -- Rectification -- Specific Performance -- Rescission -- Conclusions -- 4. The Lack of Contractual Mistake at Common Law and the Nineteenth-century Transformation of Procedure -- Pleading -- Equitable Defences -- Evidence and the Pre-trial Discovery of Facts -- Pre-trial Discovery -- Witnesses -- Matters of Law rather than Fact -- Conclusions -- 5. Pothier and the Development of Mistake in English Contract Law -- Pothier and the Traité des Obligations -- Pothier and English Contract Law -- Early Contract Treatise Writers -- Colebrooke and Contract Law -- Macpherson and the Indian Contract Act 1872 -- Leake: The First Scientific Treatise Writer of Contract Law -- Judah Benjamin-The Living Transplant -- Conclusions -- 6. Von Savigny and the Development of Mistake in English Contract Law -- Von Savigny and German Legal Development -- Von Savigny and Contract -- Von Savigny and Mistake -- Sir Frederick Pollock -- Pollock's Principles of Contract -- Pollock as Will Theorist -- Pollock and Mistake -- The Changes in Pollock's Principles -- Sir William Anson and the Principles of the English Law of Contract -- Anson and Mistake -- Anson Modifies his Treatment of Mistake -- Conclusions -- 7. The Creation of Contractual Mistake in Nineteenth-century Common Law -- An Absence of Subject Matter: Couturier v Hastie (1856) -- Mistake which Prevents Agreement-Raffles v Wichelhaus (1864) -- Mistake as to a Quality of the Subject Matter-Kennedy v The Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company (Limited) (1867) -- Unilateral Mistake rarely renders a Contract Void-Smith v Hughes (1871) -- Conclusions -- 8. Mistake of Identity -- An Absence of Mistake of Identity in English Law -- Identity Frauds: Criminal Law and the Law of Obligations -- Hardman v Booth: A Turning Point -- Cundy v Lindsay: The Beginning of Mistake of Identity -- The Treatise Writers and the Development of Mistake of Identity -- New Legislation and a Changed Judicial Approach -- Conclusions -- 9. Mistake after Fusion -- The Judicature Act 1873 -- Equitable Mistake in the Chancery Division of the High Court -- The Impact of Procedural Unity upon Substantive Law -- Reform and Perform -- The Growing Necessity for the Mistake to be Bilateral -- The Increasing Rigidity of Equitable Relief -- Substantive Fusion of Mistake -- A Reduced Ambit for Mistake in Equity -- Common Law Mistake in the High Court -- The Importance of Bell v Lever Brothers -- The Court of Appeal -- The House of Lords -- The Importance of Solle v Butcher -- Conclusions -- 10. Summary and Conclusions -- Summary -- Conclusions -- Common Law Legal Development -- Transplants -- Contractual Mistake in Modern law |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785066603321 |
MacMillan Catharine | ||
Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mistakes in contract law / Catharine MacMillan |
Autore | MacMillan Catharine |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 346.4202 |
Soggetto topico |
Contracts - England
Contracts - Wales Mistake (Law) Mistake (Roman law) |
ISBN |
1-4725-6067-1
1-282-65941-3 9786612659416 1-84731-553-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Contractual Mistake in Roman Law: From Justinian to the Natural Lawyers -- The Law of the Romans -- Roman Contract Law -- Roman Contract Law and Mistake -- Mistakes as to the Identity of a Contracting party: Error in persona -- Mistakes as to the Price to be Paid: Error in pretio -- Mistakes as to the Subject Matter of the Contract -- Medieval Roman Law -- 3. Contractual Mistake in English Law: Mistake in Equity before 1875 -- The Jurisdiction and Procedures of Chancery -- Reasons for the Intervention of Equity -- An Unconscientious Advantage Obtained by Mistake -- Agreement did not Conform to Parties' Intentions -- Instances Short of Fraud -- Protection of a Weaker Party -- The Limits of Equitable Intervention -- Forms of Equitable Relief for Mistake -- Rectification -- Specific Performance -- Rescission -- Conclusions -- 4. The Lack of Contractual Mistake at Common Law and the Nineteenth-century Transformation of Procedure -- Pleading -- Equitable Defences -- Evidence and the Pre-trial Discovery of Facts -- Pre-trial Discovery -- Witnesses -- Matters of Law rather than Fact -- Conclusions -- 5. Pothier and the Development of Mistake in English Contract Law -- Pothier and the Traité des Obligations -- Pothier and English Contract Law -- Early Contract Treatise Writers -- Colebrooke and Contract Law -- Macpherson and the Indian Contract Act 1872 -- Leake: The First Scientific Treatise Writer of Contract Law -- Judah Benjamin-The Living Transplant -- Conclusions -- 6. Von Savigny and the Development of Mistake in English Contract Law -- Von Savigny and German Legal Development -- Von Savigny and Contract -- Von Savigny and Mistake -- Sir Frederick Pollock -- Pollock's Principles of Contract -- Pollock as Will Theorist -- Pollock and Mistake -- The Changes in Pollock's Principles -- Sir William Anson and the Principles of the English Law of Contract -- Anson and Mistake -- Anson Modifies his Treatment of Mistake -- Conclusions -- 7. The Creation of Contractual Mistake in Nineteenth-century Common Law -- An Absence of Subject Matter: Couturier v Hastie (1856) -- Mistake which Prevents Agreement-Raffles v Wichelhaus (1864) -- Mistake as to a Quality of the Subject Matter-Kennedy v The Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company (Limited) (1867) -- Unilateral Mistake rarely renders a Contract Void-Smith v Hughes (1871) -- Conclusions -- 8. Mistake of Identity -- An Absence of Mistake of Identity in English Law -- Identity Frauds: Criminal Law and the Law of Obligations -- Hardman v Booth: A Turning Point -- Cundy v Lindsay: The Beginning of Mistake of Identity -- The Treatise Writers and the Development of Mistake of Identity -- New Legislation and a Changed Judicial Approach -- Conclusions -- 9. Mistake after Fusion -- The Judicature Act 1873 -- Equitable Mistake in the Chancery Division of the High Court -- The Impact of Procedural Unity upon Substantive Law -- Reform and Perform -- The Growing Necessity for the Mistake to be Bilateral -- The Increasing Rigidity of Equitable Relief -- Substantive Fusion of Mistake -- A Reduced Ambit for Mistake in Equity -- Common Law Mistake in the High Court -- The Importance of Bell v Lever Brothers -- The Court of Appeal -- The House of Lords -- The Importance of Solle v Butcher -- Conclusions -- 10. Summary and Conclusions -- Summary -- Conclusions -- Common Law Legal Development -- Transplants -- Contractual Mistake in Modern law |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828029703321 |
MacMillan Catharine | ||
Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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