A casebook on contract. /
by J. C. Smith and J. A. C. Thomas.
- 6th ed.
- London : Sweet & Maxwell, 1977.
- xxvii, 588 p. : 25 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: The Formation of a contract: Contract, promise and agreement -- Offer and acceptance -- Written contracts and written terms in oral contracts -- Intention to create legal relations -- Consideration and privity of contract: Consideration -- Privity of contract -- Obligations arising from the contract and their effect: Statement made during negotiations for a contract and their effect -- Implied terms -- The Nature and effect of contractual terms -- Terms limiting or excluding liability -- Initial impossibility and mistake -- Subsequent impossibility and frustration -- Rights and remedies of the injured party: Performance and rescission Damages -- The Remedies of specific performance and rectification -- Vitiating factors: Incapacity -- Unenforceable contracts -- Duress, undue influence and inequality of bargaining -- Void and illegal contracts.