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Landmark cases in the law of contract
- Title
- Landmark cases in the law of contract / edited by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell.
- Publication
- Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- vi, 373 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- 12 original essays by leading contract scholars are presented here with each essay focusing on a particular leading case with analysis in its historical or theoretical context. The book also explores common themes fundamental to the law of contract, for example, the influence of commercial expectations and appeals to 'reason'.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Jurisprudence (form)
- Congresses (form)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Coggs v Barnard (1703) -- Pillans v Van Mierop (1765) -- Carter v Boehm (1766) -- Da Costa v Jones (1778) -- Hochster v De La Tour (1853) -- Taylor v Caldwell (1863) -- Smith v Hughes (1871) -- Foakes v Beer (1884) -- Hongkong Fir Shipping Co v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, The Honkong Fir (1961) -- Suisse Atlantique Societe d'Armament SA v NV Rotterdamsche Kolen Centrale (1966) -- Reardon Smith Lines Ltd v Yngvar hansen-Tangen, The Diana Prosperity (1976) -- Johnson v Agnew (1979).
- ISBN
- 9781841137599
- 1841137596
- 9781509905041
- 1509905049
- LCCN
- 2008276329
- OCLC
- ocn195718276
- 195718276
- SCSB-1523179
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library