Full Description
Contract Law: Principles and Context presents the development of contract law through a considered selection of cases that are both authoritative and used as factual examples to explain the law. The text introduces readers to the nature and range of contracts, the process for making a contract, rights and duties, adjustments to contracts, vitiating factors and unfair conduct, ending contracts, and remedies and restitution. The text considers the historical development of contracts through case law and legislation, then takes the reader to particular issues with contracts as they might arise in real life and navigates a legal pathway through them. Written in a clear and engaging style, Contract Law provides a fresh, topical and accessible account of the Australian law of contract, and is an invaluable resource for contract law students and practitioners.
Contents
Preface; Table of cases; Table of statutes; Part I. Introduction: 1. Some basic questions; 2. Themes and perspectives; 3. Resolving contractual disputes; Part II. Making a Contract: 4. Preparing to make a contract; 5. Formation; 6. Preliminary agreements; 7. Protecting reliance: the doctrine of Estoppel; 8. The parties to a contract; Part III. Contractual Obligations: 9. Terms and obligations; 10. Interpreting contracts; 11. Limiting or extending liability; 12. Performance of contractual obligations; Part IV. Adjusting a Contract: 13. Varying terms; 14. Transferring rights and obligations; 15. Impossibility and change of circumstances; Part V. Ending A Contract: 16. Termination of contracts; 17. Consequences of termination; Part VI. Vitiating Factors and Unfair Conduct: 18. Misinformation; 19. Undue pressure; 20. Unconscionability and unfairness; 21. Illegality and public policy; Part VII. Remedies: 22. Enforcing a contract; 23. Damages for breach of contract; 24. Restitutionary remedies; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
