Principles of Australian contract law / Peter Radan
- Bib ID:
- 10011475
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Radan, Peter, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Related Online Resources:
- Thumbnail
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales
- Description:
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- Chatswood, NSW : LexisNexis, 2023
- ©2023
- 1 online resource.
- File Characteristics:
- text file EPUB 3.1MB
- ISBN:
- 9780409356885 (EPUB)
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access : Available online.
- Summary:
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"Principles of Australian Contract Law is designed to equip students and legal practitioners with the knowledge and skills required to understand and apply relevant contractual principles to the resolution of issues in this area of study. Written in an accessible style, it introduces and discusses key concepts with a focus on pertinent case law and legislation. The explanatory approach will help students to develop the analytical and problem-solving skills necessary for successful legal practice. The book has a logical structure that makes it easy to navigate between topics. The sixth edition has been fully revised and updated to include recent developments and is suitable for standalone use or with the companion casebook, Radan, Gooley and Vickovich, Principles of Australian Contract Law: Cases and Materials. Features: explanatory approach and accessible style assist student understanding; logical structure makes the book easy to navigate between topics; designed to support single semester courses.
- Full contents:
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- Ch 1. Introduction
- Part I. History and Theory
- Ch 2. History of Contract Law
- Ch 3. Contract Theory
- Part II. Formation of a Contract
- Ch 4. The Fact of Agreement
- Ch 5. The Requirements of Certainty and Completeness
- Ch 6. Consideration
- Ch 7. Intention to Create Legal Relations
- Ch 8. The Requirement of Writing
- Ch 9. Capacity
- Part III. Terms of a Contract
- Ch 10. Express Terms
- Ch 11. Implied Terms
- Ch 12. Construction of Contractual Terms
- Ch 13. Construction of Exclusion Clauses
- Part IV. Vivitiating Factors
- Ch 14. Misrepresentation
- Ch 15. Misleading or Deceptive Conduct
- Ch 16. Mistake
- Ch 17. Duress
- Ch 18. Undue Influence
- Ch 19. Unconscionable Transactions
- Ch 20. Contracts Review Act
- Ch 21. Unfair Contracts
- Part V. Discharge
- Ch 22. Discharge by Performance
- Ch 23. Discharge by Agreement
- Ch 24. Discharge by Breach
- Ch 25. Discharge by Frustration
- Part VI. Illegality
- Ch 26. Statutory Illegality
- Ch 27. Common Law Illegality
- Ch 28. Effect of Illegality
- Part VII. Remedies Based on Contract
- Ch 29. Damages for Breach of Contract
- Ch 30. Actions for a Fixed Sum and Debt
- Ch 31. Specific Performance
- Ch 32. Injunction
- Ch 33. Equitable Damages
- Ch 34. Rectification
- Ch 35. Rescission
- Part VIII. Other Bases of Relief
- Ch 36. Equitable Estoppel
- Ch 37. Liability in the Law of Torts
- Ch 38. Restitution
- Part IX. Third Party Rights
- Ch 39. Privity of Contract
- Ch 40. Assignment of Contractual Rights and Liabilities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Contracts -- Law and legislation -- Australia
- Genre/Form:
- Electronic books
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2023
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