Exploring contract law
By: edited by Jason W. Neyers, Richard Bronaugh and Stephen G.A. Pitel.
Contributors: Neyers, Jason W.; Bronaugh, Richard N.; Pitel, Stephen G. A.; University of Western Ontario. Faculty of Law.
Publisher: Hart Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9781841139067
Subjects: Contracts -- Congresses; Obligations (Law) -- Congresses; Damages -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "In this book, leading scholars from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States deal with important theoretical and practical issues in the law of contract and closely-related areas of private law. The chapters analyse developments in the law of estoppel, mistake, undue influence, the interpretation of contracts, assignment, exclusion clauses and damages. The chapters also address more theoretical issues such as discerning the limits of contract law, the role of principle in the development of contract doctrine and the morality of promising"--Book jacket.
Notes: "The chapters in this volume are the product of a symposium ... held at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law in January 2008"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.