The Future of the Law of Contract

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Furmston, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton : Informa Law, 2020.
Colección:Markets and the Law Ser.
Temas:
Contracts > English-speaking countries.
Contrats > Anglophonie.
Contracts
English-speaking countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Detailed Contents
  • List of contributors
  • Table of cases
  • Table of legislation
  • List of articles
  • CHAPTER 1. AN OVERVIEW
  • Introduction
  • Diversity and unity
  • Doctrine
  • Evolution and revolution
  • CHAPTER 2. THE IMPLIED OBLIGATION OF GOOD FAITH
  • Introduction
  • The American experience
  • Canada
  • Australia
  • Singapore
  • United Kingdom
  • Internationalization
  • Concluding thoughts
  • CHAPTER 3. GOOD FAITH IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
  • Introduction
  • Bhasin v Hrynew
  • Good faith and equity
  • Security of contracts
  • Subsequent decisions
  • Conclusion
  • CHAPTER 4. THE QUAGMIRE OF UTMOST GOOD FAITH IN INSURANCE LAW: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MALAYSIAN, AUSTRALIAN AND ENGLISH LAWS IN CONSUMER INSURANCE CONTRACTS
  • Introduction
  • The evolution of the legal principle of utmost good faith in the English insurance law
  • Carter v Boehm
  • The evolution of the burdensome duty of utmost good faith
  • misrepresentation in insurance contracts under common law
  • Influencing the judgment of the prudent underwriter
  • Current regulation and legislation under English law
  • The Malaysian treatment of the principle of utmost good faith
  • The reception of English law into Malaysia
  • cut-off dates
  • Pre-contractual duty of disclosure for consumer insurance contracts
  • The Australian treatment on the duty of utmost good faith in insurance contracts
  • The future of utmost good faith in insurance contracts: is the application of utmost good faith in insurance contracts dead?
  • Resurrection of utmost good faith
  • striking a more balanced approach
  • Conclusion
  • CHAPTER 5. OBJECTIVITY
  • Introduction
  • Purpose, rules and a presumption
  • Focus of discussion
  • What does the contract mean?
  • Is there a contract?
  • Introduction
  • Agreement between the two approaches
  • Disagreement between the two approaches
  • Two great nineteenth-century cases
  • Implied terms
  • Introduction
  • Does the role of objectivity vary?
  • Are implication and construction different?
  • What does 'necessary' signify?
  • Conclusions
  • CHAPTER 6. AUTOMATED TRANSACTIONS AND THE LAW OF CONTRACT: WHEN CODES ARE NOT CONGRUENT
  • Introduction
  • Two classes of reasons for non-enforcement: principle and policy
  • Coherentism and reasons of principle
  • Regulatory-instrumentalism and reasons of policy
  • The question of non-congruence: doctrinal principles, regulatory policies and automated transactional technologies
  • Technological enablement
  • Networks
  • Deviation from the expectation measure
  • Penalties
  • Payments associated with an illegal contract
  • Technological disablement
  • A creditor's promise to settle for less (with any attempt to recover the balance of the debt being disabled)
  • An unfair term in a consumer transaction
  • Conclusion
  • CHAPTER 7. THE RESILIENCE OF CONTRACT LAW IN LIGHT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
  • Introduction

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