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Zusatztext ...the particular interest of the essays lies in the background historical, legal, economic and social material which the authors uncover. That a case is a landmark would, one might think, mean that it had received so much attention that there is not much new to say about it. But this is far from being so, and the fascinating background material provided in the book is almost always an intriguing pleasure to read. Informationen zum Autor Charles Mitchell is Professor of Law at University College London, UK. Paul Mitchell is Professor of Law at University College London, UK. Klappentext Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract offers twelve original essays by leading contract scholars. As with the essays in the companion volume, Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (Hart, 2006) each essay takes as its focus a particular leading case, and analyses that case in its historical or theoretical context. The cases range from the early eighteenth- to the late twentieth-centuries, and deal with an array of contractual doctrines. Some of the essays call for their case to be stripped of its landmark status, whilst others argue that it has more to offer than we have previously appreciated. The particular historical context of these landmark cases, as revealed by the authors, often shows that our current assumptions about the case and what it stands for are either mistaken, or require radical modification. The book also explores several common themes which are fundamental to the development of the law of contract: for instance, the influence of commercial expectations, appeals to 'reason' and the significance of particular judicial ideologies and techniques. Zusammenfassung In this book leading scholars focus on leading cases, and analyse that case in its historical or theoretical context. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Coggs v Barnard (1703) DAVID IBBETSON 2 Pillans v Van Mierop (1765) GERARD MCMEEL 3 Carter v Boehm (1766) STEPHEN WATTERSON 4 Da Costa v Jones (1778) WARREN SWAIN 5 Hochster v De La Tour (1853) PAUL MITCHELL 6 Taylor v Caldwell (1863) CATHARINE MACMILLAN 7 Smith v Hughes (1871) JOHN PHILLIPS 8 Foakes v Beer (1884) MICHAEL LOBBAN 9 Hongkong Fir Shipping Co v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, The Hongkong Fir (1961) DONAL NOLAN 10 Suisse Atlantique Société d'Armament SA v NV Rotterdamsche Kolen Centrale (1966) ROGER BROWNSWORD 11 Reardon Smith Lines Ltd v Yngvar Hansen-Tangen, The Diana Prosperity (1976) MICHAEL BRIDGE 12 Johnson v Agnew (1979) CHARLES MITCHELL ...
