Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract
Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract (2008) is a book by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell, which outlines the key cases in English contract law.
Content
The cases discussed are,
- Coggs v Barnard (1703) on bailment
- Pillans v Van Mierop (1765) on the doctrine of consideration
- Carter v Boehm (1766) on good faith
- Da Costa v Jones (1778)
- Hochster v De La Tour (1853) on anticipatory breach
- Smith v Hughes (1871) on unilateral mistake and the objective approach to interpretation of contracts
- Foakes v Beer (1884) on part payments of debt (with a notable dissenting opinion by Lord Blackburn)
- The Hong Kong Fir (1961) on innominate terms, allowing the court remedial flexibility
- Suisse Atlantique Societe d'Armament SA v NV Rotterdamsche Kolen Centrale (1966)
- Rearden Smith Lines Ltd v Yngvar Hansen Tangan or The Diana Prosperity (1976) 1 WLR 989 on a contextual approach to contractual interpretation
- Johnson v Agnew (1979) that damages are to be assessed on the date when a breach can reasonably be discovered neither any cost
Reception
The book received reviews from publications including the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies,[1] The Journal of Legal History,[2] Revue trimestrielle de droit civil,[3] and the Australian Banking and Finance Law Bulletin.[4]
See also
- Landmark case
- Restitution in English law
- Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (2006) by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell
- Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort (2010) by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell
- Landmark Cases in Family Law (2011) by Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring and Rebecca Probert
- Landmark Cases in Equity (2012) by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell (6 Jul 2012)
References
- ^ Goh, Yihan (2009). "Reviewed work: Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract, Charles Mitchell, Paul Mitchell". Singapore Journal of Legal Studies: 296–300. JSTOR 24870296.
- ^ Campbell, David (2009). "Book Review". The Journal of Legal History. 30: 107–110. doi:10.1080/01440360902774789. S2CID 219627643.
- ^ https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/scholarlywork/1219598-review-of-charles-mitchell-and-paul-mitchell-(eds.)--landmark-cases-in-the-law-of-restitution-(oxford--2006)--landmark-cases-in-the-law-of-contract-(oxford--2008)--landmark-cases-in-the-law-of-tort-(oxford--2010)--and-landmark-cases-in-equity-(oxford--2012)
- ^ https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/landmark-cases-in-the-law-of-contract-9781841137599/