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Contract Law Casebook, 3rd Edition

Contract Law Casebook, 3rd Edition

Name: Contract Law Casebook, 3rd Edition
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780190304768
Price: 774.06 HKD
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Author: Des Butler; Sharon Christensen; Bill Dixon; Lindy Willmott
ISBN: 9780190304768

Edited by Des Butler · Sharon Christensen · Bill Dixon · Lindy Willmott

Oxford University Press February 2018

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780190304768
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: February 2018
Format: Paperback , 600 pages
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Expanded to include more primary and secondary materials
Two new chapters discuss the new legislation of the Competition and Consumer Act
New and updated questions for reflection

This casebook contains the essential sections of the most significant cases in Australian contract law. Ready access to this collection of cases enables students to experience the law through the judges' own words, and to develop the skills of interpreting and analysing cases in order to refine their understanding of the law. Excerpts from important statutes and other writings are also included.

Readership: First year law students taking a contract law subject as part of their undergraduate studies

Part One: Overview
1: Introduction
2: Negotiation
Part Two: Formation
3: Agreement
4: Certainty and Completeness
5: Intention to Create Legal Relations
6: Consideration
7: Equitable Estoppel
Part Three: Content
8: Terms I. Establishing Contractual Terms
9: Terms II. Construction of Terms
Part Four: Limits on Enforcement of Contracts
10: Capacity
11: Formalities
12: Privity
Part Five: Vitiating Factors
13: Misrepresentation and Misleading Deceptive Conduct
14: Mistake
15: Duress
16: Undue Influence
17: Unconscionable Conduct
18: Void and Illegal Contracts
Part Six: Discharge of the Contract
19: Discharge by Performance
20: Discharge by Termination
21: Discharge by Agreement
22: Discharge by Frustration
Part Seven: Remedies
23: Damages
24: Restitution
25: Equitable Remedies
Part Eight: Consumer Protection
26: Unfair Terms
27: Consumer Guarantees

About the Author

Des Butler, Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Sharon Christensen, Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Bill Dixon, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology, and Lindy Willmott, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology

Lindy Willmott Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology Sharon Christensen Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology Des Butler Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology Bill Dixon Lecturer, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology