Contract as assumption : essays on a theme / by Brian Coote ; edited and with a preface by Rick Bigwood.
"Many times, it has been said that contracts involve assumptions of obligation or liability, but what that means, and what it is that is assumed, have not often been discussed. It is to further such discussion that some of author Brian Coote's previously published writings on this subject...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
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2010.
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| Online Access: | Hart Publishing Law ebooks |
| Summary: | "Many times, it has been said that contracts involve assumptions of obligation or liability, but what that means, and what it is that is assumed, have not often been discussed. It is to further such discussion that some of author Brian Coote's previously published writings on this subject have been brought together in this book. His basic premises are that contractual obligation and liability in this context are two sides to the same coin and that an assumption of one is an assumption of both. Parties are bound not because liability has been imposed upon them by law as a result of their having entered into a contract, but because, in the act of assuming, they have imposed it upon themselves. Contract provides a facility the purpose of which is to enable this to be done within the limits prescribed by law. The implication of these premises are much more significant than might be supposed when applied to such areas of contract as formation, consideration, intention to contract, exception." -- Publishers' information. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 217 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1847317499 9781847317490 1282806521 9781282806528 1472560736 9781472560735 184731578X 9781847315786 |