Contract Law

R. Halson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

600 Seiten

2012 | 2nd edition
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-4058-5878-6 (ISBN)

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This new edition of Contract Law is the essential guide to the life of a contract from negotiation, formation and execution right through to the ending of a contract and subsequent remedies. The second edition offers a modern, engaging account of all aspects of contract law.

Fully updated with the latest legal developments, Contract Law is your essential guide to the life of a contract. It covers all stages of the process, from negotiation and formation, through its possible modification to the ending of a contract including a thorough examination of available remedies. Offering a modern, engaging account of all aspects of contract law, this new edition will give you a clear understanding of the legal principles which underpin the contractual process.

Roger Halson is Professor of Contract and Commercial Law at the University of Leeds. He has written widely in contract law and his work has been referred to in UK House of Lords (now the Supreme Court), as well as appellate courts overseas.

1. Introduction

PART I: THE NEGOTIATION STAGE

2. Negotiating the Contract

PART II: THE BIRTH OF THE CONTRACT

Section A. Formation of a Contract: The Positive Requirements

3. Agreement: Offer and Acceptance

4. The Enforceability of Agreements: Consideration and its Alternatives

5. Form, Intention and Certainty

Section B. Formation: Negative Factors.

6. Illegality in Formation

7. Non-Agreement Mistakes

Section C. Personnel.

8. Capacity

9. Third Parties

PART III: THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT

10. The Content of the Contract: Express and Implied Terms

11. The Content of the Contract: Exclusion Clauses

12. The Modification of Contracts

13. Performance

PART IV: THE DEATH OF THE CONTRACT

14. Frustration

15. Termination for Breach

PART V: THE AFTERMATH

16. Literal Performance

17. Damages for Breach of Contract

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.9.2012
Reihe/Serie	Longman Law Series
Verlagsort	Harlow
Sprache	englisch
Maße	175 x 239 mm
Gewicht	994 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht
ISBN-10	1-4058-5878-8 / 1405858788
ISBN-13	978-1-4058-5878-6 / 9781405858786
Zustand	Neuware