Heydon on contract : the general part / Justice JD Heydon.

Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2019

1st edition

89280

Contracts -- Australia.

PART A: Formation

1. Incapacity

2. Offer and acceptance

3. Uncertain agreements and contingent condition precedent

4. Intention to affect legal relations

5. Consideration

6. Formal requirements

PART B: The terms of the contract

7. Express terms

8. Construction of terms: general

9. Construction of terms: extrinsic circumstances

10. Implied terms

11. Exemption clauses

PART C: Third parties

12. Third party rights and obligations

13. Assignment

PART D: Vitiating factors

14. Misrepresentation

15. Mistake

16. Duress

17. Undue influence

18. Unconscientious conduct

19. Restraint of trade doctrine

20. Illegality other than restraint of trade

PART E: Discharge by contracts

21. Performance and breach

22. Discharge by agreement

23. Discharge by frustration

24. Discharge by breach

25. Other Forms of discharge

PART F: Remedies for breach

26. Damages

27. Specific performance

28. Injunctions

29. Lord Cairns' act

30. Rectification

31. Rescission. .

Heydon on Contract provides a detailed analysis of the law of contract for Australian practitioners. Providing unparalleled and compelling guidance on the fundamentals of contract law, the Honourable Dyson Heydon AC QC, has written an authoritative treatise, which will be valued by all seeking guidance on this key area of law. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Heydon on contract

9780455500201

ccxiviii, 1238 pages ; 26 cm