The Law of ContractPrevious editions of this text have consistently been a favourite amongst common law lawyers. This new edition has been brought fully up to date and will be of interest to those studying 'advanced' obligations/common law modules. Undergraduates who study contract courses with a strong socio-legal tradition will also find this text invaluable as it uniquely grounds the nature of contract law in its social and political context. |
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Contents
Table of statutes | xviii |
Table of EC legislation | xlvii |
Towards a new conception | 8 |
E The constitution of the market | 14 |
The transformation of the law of contract | 20 |
Contextual legal reasoning | 35 |
Tests of enforceability | 46 |
Illegality and public policy | 51 |
B Incorporation of express terms | 223 |
E Implied terms | 238 |
Mandatory obligations | 247 |
Statutory invalidity | 253 |
G Negotiated regulation | 266 |
B Fairness in the common law | 272 |
Statutory controls | 283 |
Judicial revision | 293 |
Consideration and the exchange model | 58 |
Intention to create legal relations | 67 |
Estoppel and the reliance model | 74 |
The classification of the reliance model | 85 |
The contractualization of social life | 94 |
E The purpose of markets | 106 |
Ascription of contractual responsibility | 114 |
E Consent by remote parties | 127 |
G Autonomy and responsibility | 135 |
Undue influence | 143 |
Affirmation and bars to rescission | 152 |
The moment of responsibility | 158 |
Instrumentalism | 171 |
Precontractual responsibility | 177 |
Failure to disclose information | 198 |
Abuse of position of trust | 209 |
G Rationale for the duty to negotiate with care | 216 |
The range of liability | 302 |
B Parties to the contract | 308 |
Rationale of privity | 314 |
E Statutory reform | 325 |
129 | 326 |
B Performance of the contract | 333 |
Modifications to the contract | 341 |
Termination for breach of contract | 356 |
Agreed remedies | 364 |
Security | 379 |
E Guarantees and indemnities | 391 |
A Judicial enforcement mechanisms | 397 |
Damages | 405 |
b Causation | 419 |
E Compulsory performance | 427 |
c Fairness | 433 |
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Common terms and phrases
acceptance action advantage agreed agreement apply arising avoid Bank bargaining become benefit breach of contract choice claim claimant clause common compensation concept concerns conduct consent consideration considered construction consumer costs courts create damages defendant determine Directive distributive doctrine duty economic effect employee enforceability enter established example exchange exclusion expectations express fact failure fairness freedom give governing ground implied instance intention interest interpretation law of contract liability limits loss meaning measure negotiations normally objective obligations offer particular parties payment performance permit person position possible practice prevent principle problem promise protection purchase question reasonable regarded regulation relations reliance rely remedy requirement responsibility result risk rules social standard statements third party tort trade transaction types unfair unjust enrichment
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Law of Contract Law in Context Law in context: Butterworths |
| Author | Hugh Collins |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0406946736, 9780406946737 |
| Length | 441 pages |
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