Contract Law in Scotland

4th Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-78451-316-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Contract Law in Scotland provides a comprehensive and coherent introduction to the principles of the Scots law of contract and provides the reader with a clear analysis of this difficult area of the law.

This practical text:

Illustrates the different types of contractual situations and examines the formation, performance and enforcement of contracts;

Includes examples of typical contract clauses and treats remedies in detail;

Is set in a comparative context and discusses the problems of cross-border and international contracts;

Explains the underlying principles of contract law;
Is written in a clear, well structured style and uses diagrams to illustrate complex situations.

Contract Law in Scotland is an indispensable text for all students of contract law, and is a practical reference source for legal practitioners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacQueen, Hector

Thomson, Joe

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction

2 Creation of Voluntary Obligations: Contract, Promise and Third Party Rights

3 Contents, Effects and Performance

4 Getting Out of the Contract

5 Breach of Contract and Self-Help Remedies

6 Breach of Contract and Judicial Remedies

7 Illegal Contracts and Judicial Control of Unfair Contract Terms

Über Autor(innen)

Thomson, Joe
Joe Thomson was formerly Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission.

MacQueen, Hector
Hector MacQueen is Professor of Private Law and Deputy Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Timothy H. Lim is Reader in Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Hector L. MacQueen is Professor of Private Law and Director, Shepherd and Wedderburn Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technology, University of Edinburgh. Calum Carmichael is Professor of Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative Literature and Adjunct Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Hector MacQueen is Professor of Private Law and Deputy Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh and Joe Thomson is a Scottish Law Commissioner and Visiting Professor at Glasgow Caledonian University.