Cheshire, Fifoot & Furmston's Law of Contract

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Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston's Law of Contract remains the leading textbook on the law of contract more than 50 years after the publication of its first edition. Unrivalled in its clarity and comprehensiveness, it provides a clear account in narrative form of the principles of the English law of contract and is fully updated to include all the latest developments in case law and legislation.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 Historical Introduction
• 2 Some factors affecting modern contract law
• 3 The phenomena of agreement
• 4 Consideration
• 5 Intention to create legal relations
• 6 The contents of the contract
• 7 Unenforceable contracts
• 8 Mistake
• 9 Misrepresentation, duress and undue influence
• 10 Contracts rendered void by statute
• 11 Contracts illegal by statute or at common law
• 12 Contracts void at common law on grounds of public policy
• 13 Capacity of parties
• 14 Privity of contract
• 15 Privity of contract under the law of agency
• 16 The voluntary assignment of contractual rights and liabilities
• 17 The involuntary assignment of contractual rights and liabilities
• 18 Performance and breach
• 19 Discharge by agreement
• 20 Discharge under the doctrine of frustration
• 21 Remedies for breach of contract
• 22 Quasi-contract
• Index

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