TY - BOOK AU - Beatson, Sir Jack. AU - Andrew Burrows, AU - John Cartwright, TI - Anson's law of contract SN - 9780199282470 U1 - 346.022 23 PY - 2010/// CY - New York, United States of America PB - Oxford University Press Inc. KW - The nature and function of contract KW - The history of contractual obligations in English law KW - European and international influences KW - The content of contract law KW - Contracts as part of the law of obligations KW - Contract and property KW - Formation of contract KW - The agreement KW - Establishing an agreement KW - The offer KW - The acceptance KW - Termination of the offer KW - Uncertain and incomplete agreements KW - Intention to create legal relations KW - Form KW - Formal requirements KW - Contracts by deed KW - Contracts for which writing is required KW - Consideration and promissory estoppel KW - Consideration KW - Promissory estoppel KW - Appraisal of consideration and promissory estoppel KW - Contents of the contract KW - The terms of the contract KW - Terms, collateral warranties and representations KW - Conditions, warranties and intermediate terms KW - Implied terms KW - Construction of terms KW - Exemption clauses and unfair terms KW - Standard form of contract KW - Incorporation KW - Construction of exemption clauses KW - Other common law rules controlling exemption clauses KW - Statutory control of exemption clauses and unfair terms KW - Factors tending to defeat contractual liability KW - Incapacity KW - Grounds of contractual incapacity KW - The crown and public authorities KW - Corporations and unincorporates associations KW - Minors KW - Persons lacking mentally capacity and drunken persons KW - Mistake KW - Categorizing mistakes KW - Mistakes about the terms of the contract KW - Mistakes about the identity of the person with whom the contract is made KW - Mistakes of fact or law about the subject-matter of the contract or the surrounding circumstance KW - Misrepresentation and non-disclosure KW - Misrepresentation KW - Duties of disclosure KW - Duress, undue influence, and unconscionable bargains KW - Duress KW - Undue influence KW - Unconscionable bargains KW - Inequality of bargaining power? KW - Illegality KW - Statutory illegality KW - Illegality at common law KW - Common law and statutory control of anti-competitive agreements KW - The effect of illegality KW - Severance KW - Performance and discharge KW - Performance KW - Time of performance KW - Place of performance KW - Order of performance KW - Payment KW - Vicarious performance KW - Alternative modes of performance KW - Right of party in breach to cure bad or incomplete performance KW - Tender KW - Partial performance KW - Discharge by agreement KW - Forms of discharge by agreement KW - Discharge by frustration, KW - Emergence of the doctrine KW - Instances of frustrations KW - The theoretical basis of frustration KW - Incidence of risk KW - Self-induced frustration KW - Leases and contracts for the sale of land KW - Effects of frustration KW - Discharge by breach KW - Discharge at option of the injured party KW - Forms of breach which justify discharge KW - Consequences of discharge KW - Loss of the right discharge KW - Discharge by operation of law KW - Merger KW - Discharge by judgement of a court KW - Alteration or cancellation of a written instrument KW - Bankruptcy KW - Compensatory nature of damages KW - Basis of assessment of damages KW - Causation KW - Remoteness KW - Mitigation KW - Assessment of damages in contract for the sale of goods KW - Claimant's contributory negligence KW - The tax element in damages KW - Interest KW - Agreed damages clauses KW - Specific remedies KW - Actions for the agreed sum KW - Specific performance KW - Injunctions KW - Equitable damages KW - Restitutionary awards KW - Restitution in respect of services or goods KW - An account of profits or damages measured br benefit to contract-breaker KW - Limitation of actions KW - Limitation Act 1980 KW - Bars to equitable relief: laches KW - Limits of the contractual obligation KW - Third parties KW - An acquisition of contractual rights by third parties KW - The imposition of contractual liabilities upon Third parties KW - Assignment KW - Novation KW - Negotiable instruments KW - Assignment by operation of law KW - Agency KW - Creation of agency KW - Modes of creation KW - Different kinds of agents KW - Effect of agency KW - The relations between the principle agent KW - The relations between the principal and third parties KW - The relations between the agent and third parties, KW - Termination of agent's authority KW - Modes of termination KW - Irrevocable authority N1 - Includes index (p. 725 - 750) N2 - "ANSON'S LAW OF CONTRACT is a classic text in the field, renowned for offering an accurate, authoritative and stimulating account of the law and its underlying principles. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to gain a thorough understanding of contract law. In this twenty-ninth edition, Sir Jack Beatson is joined by Professor Andrew Burrows and Professor John Cartwright to create an exceptional author team. - Provides comprehensive and detailed coverage of all topics covered on modern contract law courses, and is a valuable source of reference for practitioners and academics. - Completely updated to incorporate all notable development in case law, legislation, and academic debate. - Restructured to create a new part on the contents of the contract; and separate chapters on from, and on consideration and promissory estoppel." ER -