Mistake, fraud and duties to inform in European contract law /

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Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xlv, 414 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language:	English
Series:	The common core of European private law Common core of European private law.
Subject:	Mistake (Law) -- Europe. Fraud -- Europe. Contracts -- Europe.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12598296

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Varying Form of Title:	Mistake, Fraud & Duties to Inform in European Contract Law
Other authors / contributors:	Sefton-Green, Ruth, editor.
ISBN:	9780511495052 (ebook) 9780521844239 (hardback) 9780521093101 (paperback)
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Summary:	This 2005 examination of twelve case studies about mistake, fraud and duties to inform reveals significant differences about how contract law works in thirteen European legal systems and, despite the fact that the solutions proposed are often similar, what divergent values underlie the legal rules. Whereas some jurisdictions recognise increasing duties to inform in numerous contracts so that the destiny of mistake and fraud (classical defects of consent) may appear to be uncertain, other jurisdictions continue to refuse such duties as a general rule or fail to recognise the need to protect one of the parties where there is an imbalance in bargaining power or information. Avoiding preconceptions as to where and why these differences exist, this book first examines the historical origins and development of defects of consent, then considers the issues from a comparative and critical standpoint.
Other form:	Print version: 9780521844239

Table of Contents:

Preface
List of contributors
Table of legislation
List of abbreviations
1. General introduction
2. Mistake, misrepresentation and precontractual duties to inform: the civil law tradition
3. The rise and fall of mistake in the English law of contract
4. Case studies
Case 1. Anatole v. Bob
Case 3. Emile v. Far Eastern Delights
Case 4. Mr and Mrs Timeless v. Mr and Mrs Careless
Case 5. Bruno v. The Local Garage
Case 6. Emmanuel v. The Computer Shop
Case 7. Cinderella
Case 8. Estella v. Uriah Heep
Case 9. Nell v. Scrooge Bank
Case 10. Zachary
Case 11. Monstrous Inventions Ltd v. Mary Shelley
Case 12. Lady Windermere v. Angel
5. Comparative conclusions Ruth Sefton-Green
Index

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