Historical Introduction to Indian Contract Law

This book offers a genealogy of the core concepts of Indian contract law, tracing their trajectory from the nineteenth century soil of English jurisprudence in which they germinated, to their transplantation into the Indian Contract Act 1872, and the interpretation of the provisions over the last one hundred and fifty years.

List of contents

Table of cases. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Historical background to the Indian contract act 2. Formation 3. Consideration 4. Privity 5. Capacity 6. Consent 7. Frustration 8. Damages and stipulated sums 9. Unjustified enrichment 10. Thrills and perils of common law codification Appendix: Report of the Indian law commissioners on the subject of contract law along with the draft contract code (1866). References. Index.

About the author

Shivprasad Swaminathan is Professor and Dean at the Shiv Nadar School of Law, Shiv Nadar University, Chennai. He got his undergraduate degree from Indian Law Society, Pune before going on to read for the BCL and D. Phil at Oxford University, where he was a Clarendon Scholar. He is the co-editor of Foundations of Indian Contract; and his work has been published in leading journals including Cambridge Law Journal, Modern Law Review, Legal Theory and Oxford Journal of Legal Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Shivprasad Swaminathan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 22.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032987507
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3298750-7
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LAW / Contracts, International Law, LAW / Common, contract law, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies