Contract formation and parties
By: edited by Andrew Burrows and Edwin Peel
Series: Oxford-Norton Rose law colloquium
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780199583706
Description: "Contract Formation and Parties presents a collection of current thinking on the central themes of contract formation and parties. The eighth volume in the Oxford-Norton Rose Law series the chapters originate from papers presented at the colloquium held in September 2009. The Oxford-Norton Rose Law colloquia bring together practitioners and academics to examine and discuss an area of commercial law central to both communities." -- Publisher's information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview / Andrew Burrows and Edwin Peel; title: Letters of intent / Michael Furmston; title: Agreements to negotiate in good faith / Edwin Peel; title: Offer and acceptance in the electronic age / Donal Nolan; title: A bird in the hand : consideration and contract modifications / Mindy Chen-Wishart; title: Promissory estoppel and debts / Ben McFarlane; title: Liability in tort for pre-contractual non-disclosure / John Cartwright; title: Liability in unjust enrichment where a contract fails to materialize / James Edelman; title: Problems in assignment law : not yet out of the wood? / Andrew Tettenborn; title: Agency law for muggles : why there is no magic in agency / Thomas Kregs; title: A review of the contracts (rights of third parties) Act 1999 / Hugh Beale.