Unlocking Contract Law

ISBN-13: 9781138214552 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 496 str.

Opis

Unlocking Contract Law will help you grasp the main concepts of the subject with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising Contract Law. Clearly presented and packed with features to support learning, this edition has been updated to include discussion of recent changes and developments within the module, such as the Consumer Rights Act and the growing focus on consumer protection within contract law and the influence of technology on contact, including email signatures and online transactions.

Spis treści

1. The origins and character of contract law 2. Formation of a contract: offer and acceptance 3. Formation of a contract: consideration 4. Formation of a contract: intention to create legal relations 5. Form 6. The obligations under a contract: terms 7. The obligations under a contract: exclusion and limitation clauses 8. Void and voidable contracts 9. Vitiating factors: misrepresentation 10. Vitiating factors: mistake 11. Vitiating factors: duress and undue influence 12. Vitiating factors: illegality and unenforceable contracts 13. Third party rights and the doctrine of privity 14. Capacity 15. Discharge of a contract 16. Remedies in contract law 17. Quasi-contract

O autorze

Chris Turner is a qualified barrister and Senior Lecturer in law at Wolverhampton University. He has taught law at all levels and is an experienced author whose other titles include Key Facts Key Cases: Contract Law, Unlocking Torts, Unlocking Employment Law and Unlocking EU Law, also published by Routledge. He is Series Editor for Unlocking the Law and Key Facts, Key Cases, all published by Routledge.