Mistakes in contract law

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Beginning with an overview of contractual mistake in Roman law, this title examines how theories of mistake were received at various points into English contract law from Roman and civil law sources.

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Title Statements

Full title :Mistakes in contract law / Catherine MacMillan.

Summary

Beginning with an overview of contractual mistake in Roman law, this title examines how theories of mistake were received at various points into English contract law from Roman and civil law sources.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011, ©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Hart Pub
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011, ©2010.

The Physical Object

Description:xxv, 322 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1849462127, 9781849462129, 1841135070, 9781841135076
oclc:ocn712630292
LC Classification:KD1554
Dewey Decimal:346.420209

Introduction -- Contractual mistake in Roman law -- Contractual mistake in English law : mistake in equity before 1875 -- The lack of contractual mistake at common law and the Nineteenth-century transformation procedure -- Poithier and the development of mistake in English contract law -- Von Savigny and the development of mistake in English contract law -- The creation of contractual mistake in Nineteenth-century common law -- Mistake of identity -- Mistake after Fusion -- Summary and conclusions.

Subjects

Contracts Contracts -- England Contracts -- Wales Contrats -- Angleterre Contrats -- Pays de Galles England Erreur (Droit romain) Erreur (droit) Law Mistake (Law) Mistake (Roman law) Wales