Contract law in Ireland [printed text] /
Robert Clark, Author . - 6th ed. . -
Dublin : Thomson Round Hall, 2008 . - lxxvii, 686 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-85800-520-1
| Class number: | 346.41702 |
| Abstract: | The sixth edition of this bestselling Irish lawbook brings the reader fully up to date (as of early July 2008) with developments since the previous edition appeared in 2004. The author seeks to explain developments within Ireland and most of the other common law jurisdictions in a clear and cogent manner. This text also pays attention to the major changes of consumer law via the Consumer Protection Act 2007 and the review of the privity rule by Law Reform Commision is covered extensivisely. |
| Contents note: | Preface; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Table of Statutory Instruments
Part 1 Formation of a Binding Contract
1. The Rules of Offer and Acceptance; 2. The Doctrine of Consideration; 3. Intention to Create Legal Relations; 4. Formal and Evidentiary Requirements
Part 2 Construction of a Contract
5. Express Terms; 6. Implied Terms; 7. The Exemption Clause; 8. Consumer Protection; 9. Importance and Relative Effect of Contractual Terms
Part 3 Invalidity
10. Mistake; 11. Misrepresentation; 12. Duress
Part 4 Equitable Intervention
13. Equitable Intervention
Part 5 Public Policy
14. Illegal Contracts; 15. Void Contracts
Part 6 Capacity to Contract
16. Contractual Capacity
Part 7 Third Party Rights
17. Privity of Contract
Part 8 Discharge
18. Discharge of Contractual Obligations
Part 9 Remedies Following Breach of Contract
19. Damages; 20. Quasi-Contractual or Restitutionary Relief; Index. |