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

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Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:xlv, 414 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:The common core of European private law
Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996). Common core of European law project.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5632505
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Other authors / contributors:Sefton-Green, Ruth.
ISBN:0521844231 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 2. Célimÿne v. Damien
  • 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