Contract as assumption [electronic resource] : essays on a theme / by Brian Coote ; edited and with a preface by Rick Bigwood.

By: Coote, BrianContributor(s): Bigwood, Rick | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2010Description: xxviii, 217 pSubject(s): Contracts -- Philosophy | Obligations (Law)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 346.02 LOC classification: K840 | .C668 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- The essence of contract -- Consideration and benefit in fact and law -- Consideration and the variation of contracts : a different solution -- Consideration and the joint promisee -- The function of exception clauses -- The second rise and fall of fundamental breach -- Contract damages, Ruxley, and the performance interest -- The performance interest, Panatown, and the problem of loss -- Contract not trust : some questions about the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act from another perspective -- Assumption of responsibility and pure economic loss in New Zealand.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The essence of contract -- Consideration and benefit in fact and law -- Consideration and the variation of contracts : a different solution -- Consideration and the joint promisee -- The function of exception clauses -- The second rise and fall of fundamental breach -- Contract damages, Ruxley, and the performance interest -- The performance interest, Panatown, and the problem of loss -- Contract not trust : some questions about the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act from another perspective -- Assumption of responsibility and pure economic loss in New Zealand.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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