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.

Sommario

List of Cases vi Preface xvi Acknowledgements xxi 1 Historical Background to the Indian Contract Act 1 2 Formation 22 3 Consideration 43 4 Privity 73 5 Capacity 98 6 Consent 116 7 Frustration 140 8 Damages and Stipulated Sums 165 9 Unjustied Enrichment 202 10 Thrills and Perils of Common Law Codication 239 Appendix 251 References 287 Index 296

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shivprasad Swaminathan
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032987507
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3298750-7
• Pagine: 302
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Altro; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LAW / Contracts, International Law, LAW / Common, contract law, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies