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This book contains a slightly expanded version of the Clarendon Lectures in Law given in Oxford in 2001. It deals with major contributions made by the English Courts in the Twentieth Century to three important areas of English contract law. The first is the variation of contracts by subsequent agreement, where developments in the doctrines of consideration and estoppel are discussed. The second is the battle over privacy of contract, and the third is the development of different types of contractual terms.
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THE THESIS
This book investigates the evolution of English contract law throughout the twentieth century by analyzing key judicial contributions to specific legal doctrines. Sir Guenter Treitel, a distinguished scholar of English law, utilizes his 2001 Clarendon Lectures to provide a structured examination of how courts navigated complex legal challenges. The text argues that judicial decisions in this period fundamentally reshaped the landscape of contract law, specifically regarding agreement variation, privacy, and the classification of contractual terms.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Analysis of the doctrines of consideration and estoppel in the context of contract variation.
- Examination of the historical battle over the principle of privity of contract.
- Evaluation of the development and categorization of different types of contractual terms.
- Insights derived from twentieth-century English judicial precedents and case law.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Legal scholars and practitioners recognize this text as a refined synthesis of twentieth-century judicial trends in English law. Readers frequently note the clarity of the prose, which makes complex doctrinal shifts accessible to both students and experienced legal professionals.
Page Count:
168
Publication Date:
2002-05-23
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
019925575X
ISBN-13:
9780199255757
Academic
Legal History
Contracts
Contract law
Law
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