Contains papers delivered in August 2006, at the third Australian Obligations Conference hosted in Brisbane by the TC Beirne School of Law. This book examines the wider role and function of the law of remedies. It is suitable for contract, tort and restitution law scholars.
Examines the role of unjust enrichment in the contractual context, defined as contracts which are terminated for breach, or subsisting, or unenforceable. This book identifies two types of contracts, namely those which are apportioned and those which are unapportioned.
Take the mumbo jumbo out of contract law and ace your contracts course Contract law deals with the promises and agreements that law will enforce. Understanding contract law is vital for all aspiring lawyers and paralegals, and contracts courses are foundational courses within all law schools.
Contains Contract Law, 9th edition plus Core Statutes on Contract, Tort and Restitution 2011-2012. These texts provide undergraduate students with the essential knowledge, skills and understanding required for success in Contract Law, featuring Mckendrick's widely praised textbook.
Focuses on networks, describing the novel legal concept of 'connected contracts'. This title explains how this concept addresses the problems posed by networks, such as the question whether the network as a whole can be held legally responsible for damage that it causes to third parties such as customers.
Focuses on an economic framework - incorporating such concepts as information asymmetry, moral hazard, and adaptation to changed circumstances - which is appropriate for contract interpretation, analyzing contract disputes, and developing contract doctrine.
Contract Law introduces students to the fundamental principles, theories and arguments in contract law. It provides a carefully selected collection of cases, statutes and materials with insightful commentary designed to give students a thorough understanding of the subject.
Contains leading cases, legislation and other materials from the legal traditions within Europe, with a focus on English, French and German law as the main representatives of those traditions. This title contains the basic texts and contrasting cases, extracts from the various international restatements (the Vienna Sales Convention.
A collection of essays examining the remedy of contract damages in the common law and under the international contract law instruments such as the Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts. It is suitable for academics, practitioners, and judges.
Presents an index of some of the important academic and other writings on contract law. This book aims to cover different writings published in the English language about the Common Law of contracts, and includes sections on contract theory and the history of contract law, as well as sections for the traditional substantive topics.
Presents cases from the Irish, British and Commonwealth Judicial systems which provides the reader with key decisions handed down up to July 2007. This title refers to Law Reform Commission developments such as the Report on Privity of Contract. It introduces legislative developments on consumer protection and conveyancing law reform.
This is the third revised edition of Professor Burrows' casebook, offering undergraduate law students the ideal way to discover and understand contract law through reading highlights from the leading cases. It has been brought up to date, incorporating extracts from a number of leading cases decided since 2009. a
Offers undergraduate law students a way to discover and understand contract law through reading highlights from the leading cases. This book describes the relevant statutes along with a principled analysis of them. It covers various aspects of the law of contract most commonly found in the undergraduate curriculum.
Offers an introduction to the basic concepts of contract law in England. Built around familiar real-world examples that illustrate the concepts, principles and key cases upon which English contract law is structured, this guide is suitable for those approaching an undergraduate law degree, or for general readers interested in this area of the law.
This book introduces the basic principles of contract law, helping students to develop the skills they need to understand how contracts are formed, which terms are enforceable, and what happens when these terms are breached. Throughout students are encouraged to consider controversial aspects of the law and the rules in question.
Offers twelve essays which deal with an array of contractual doctrines.This book explores several common themes which are fundamental to the development of the law of contract: for instance, the influence of commercial expectations, appeals to 'reason' and the significance of particular judicial ideologies and techniques.
This is an abridged collection of writings by Ian MacNeil, one of the foremost academics in the field of contract law, on the relational theory of contract. It brings together a number of important works that can be difficult to obtain, to give a concise statement of MacNeil's relational theory.
Law Express Question and Answer: Contract Law is designed to help you get the most out of every answer you write by improving your understanding of what examiners are looking for, helping you to focus in on the question being asked and showing you how even a good answer can be improved.
The contract section of the German Code was amended after one hundred years of un-altered existence. This book explains these changes for the benefit of Anglophone lawyers. Along with its companion work, The German Law of Torts, it provides an account of the German Law of Obligations. It is useful to law students, judges, and businessmen.
The tenth edition of this established text provides a wide-ranging and straightforward exposition of contract law. Features such as summaries, questions, and examples, combine with succinct explanatory text to allow the reader to gain a sound understanding of the theory and application of contract law principles.
Examines case law, academic debate and the resurgence of interest in formalist contract interpretation in the US to explore the meaning of contextual interpretation, arguments for and against it and suggestions on how parties may influence the interpretation methods applied to their agreement.
Provides an account of the German law of obligations after the reform legislation of 2002, and an assessment of the law in historical and comparative perspective. This analysis covers the regime concerning liability for general non-performance, non-conformity in sales law, the incorporation of special statutes aimed at the protection of consumers.
By examining publishing industry contracts, this guide answers the common questions writers ask about publishing, agency, co-authoring, working-for-hire, and other agreements. It breaks down the complex legalese in the contracts and provides a clause-by-clause explanation of their contents.
Lawyers within the EC are becoming increasingly aware of the need for an understanding of each other's legal systems, particularly in the field of commercial law. This book explains the principles of the French law of contract and compares them with those of other European legal systems.
This work is a practical commentary on the FIDIC standard turnkey contract widely used in the international construction industry. It provides clause-by-clause analysis of the contract, accompanied by practical guidance on its application in specific projects.