Cases and Materials on Contract Law in Australia

Author: John Carter; Elisabeth Peden; Gregory Tolhurst
Publisher: LexisNexis Australia
ISBN: 9780409323641
Published In: December 2007
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Disclaimer:
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Written by three of Australia's leading authorities in contract law, this edition is fully revised and updated and has been restructured. It includes many new features designed to help students develop their intuition in approaching contract law as well as strengthening their ability to solve legal problems in practice.

* Role of Good Faith
* Formation of Contract
* Uncertain and Incomplete Promises
* Conditional Promises
* Promises Supported by Consideration
* Promises Supported by Estoppel
* Promises Intended to Create Legal Relations
* Promises Requiring Written Evidence
* Express Terms
* Implied Terms
* Construction Principles
* Classification of Terms
* Exclusion Clauses
* Capacity
* Privity of Contract and Plurality of Parties
* Assignment of Contractual Rights
* Contracts Induced by Misleading Conduct
* Misleading Conduct Under Statute
* Contractual Mistake
* Documents Mistakenly Signed
* Duress
* Undue Influence
* Unconscionable Conduct
* Illegal Contracts
* Contracts in Restraint of Trade
* The Effects of Illegality
* Performance of the Contract
* Breach of Contract
* Termination for Breach
* Restrictions on Termination
* Consequences of Termination
* Termination by Frustration
* Consequences of Frustration
* General Principles of Contract Damages
* Particular Issues in Contract Damages
* Recovery of Sums Fixed by the Contract
* Restitution
* Specific Performance
* Injunction

Carter, J W

John Carter holds a Personal Chair in Commercial Law at the University of Sydney and since 1992 he has acted as a consultant to Freehills. He is the author of several highly regarded works in contract and restitution and has taught contract law for 25 years. He has an international reputation and has published in many leading journals and held numerous international appointments and is the General Editor of the Journal of Contract Law.

Peden, E

Elisabeth Peden:The leading Australian scholar on the role of good faith in contract law, Elisabeth Peden is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Sydney. She is also a consultant to Freehills and joint editor of the Commercial Law Quarterly and Book Review Editor of the Journal of Contract Law. She is the author of Good Faith in the Performance of Contracts and numerous articles on aspects of contract law.

Tolhurst, G J

The pre-eminent author of the international best seller, Assignment of Contractual Rights (2006), Gregory Tolhurst is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, having previously spent some time in practice as a solicitor. He is also a consultant to Freehills and a Director of the Parsons Centre for Commercial Law, University of Sydney as well as joint editor of the Commercial Law Quarterly and the Associate Editor of the Journal of Contract Law.