Coggs v Barnard (1703) -- Pillans v Van Mierop (1765) -- Carter v Boehm (1766) -- Da Costa v Jones (1778) -- Hochster v De La Tour (1853) -- Taylor v Caldwell (1863) -- Smith v Hughes (1871) -- Foakes v Beer (1884) -- Hongkong Fir Shipping Co v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, The Honkong Fir (1961) -- Suisse Atlantique Societe d'Armament SA v NV Rotterdamsche Kolen Centrale (1966) -- Reardon Smith Lines Ltd v Yngvar hansen-Tangen, The Diana Prosperity (1976) -- Johnson v Agnew (1979).
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12 original essays by leading contract scholars are presented here with each essay focusing on a particular leading case with analysis in its historical or theoretical context. The book also explores common themes fundamental to the law of contract, for example, the influence of commercial expectations and appeals to 'reason'.
Contracts-- England, Cases.
86.26 law of obligations.
Contract law.
Contracts-- Great Britain, Cases.
Contracts.
Development of law.
Common law countries.
England.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.