Defences in Contract (Hart Studies in Private Law: Essays on Defences) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849467234 ISBN 13: 9781849467230

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

This book is the third in a series of essay collections on defences in private law. It addresses defences to liability arising in contract. The essays range from those adopting a predominantly black-letter approach to others that examine the law from a more theoretical or historical perspective. Some essays focus on individual defences, while others are concerned with the links between defences, or with how defences relate to the structure of contract law generally. One goal of the book is to determine what light can be shed on contract law doctrines by analysing them through the lens of defences. The contributors - judges and academics - are all leading jurists. The essays are addressed to all of the major common law jurisdictions.

About this title

From the Author:

Andrew Dyson is an Assistant Professor in Private Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.James Goudkamp is a Fellow of Keble College and an Associate Professor in the Oxford Law Faculty. He is also an Associate Academic Fellow in the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, a Senior Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Law, University of Western Australia, a Professorial Fellow in the School of Law, University of Wollongong and a barrister at 7 King's Bench Walk.Frederick Wilmot-Smith is a Prize Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.

Review:

...Defences in Contract offers us a critical, groundbreaking analysis of how contract law doctrines can be properly explained through the lens of defences...this book provides thought-provoking insight on a topic that is important but often neglected in the law of contract. More importantly, it fills a long-existing gap in the contract law literature while giving a more complete view of the existing contract law regimes. -- Gordon Chung, Master of Corporate Law Candidate, University of Cambridge * European Review of Private Law *

About this edition

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1849467234
• ISBN 13: 9781849467230
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Dyson Andrew, Goudkamp James, Wilmot-Smith Frederick