This book fully explains the role of Misrepresentation in Contract Law. It further expands on the role of Mistake and Non-disclosure in a contractual dispute and formally comments on the general duties of negotiating parties.
A composite work on fraud, misrepresentation, and mistake. Every representation, fraudulent or innocent, for which the Acts give relief, leads to what is in fact a mistake. The editors believe that the practitioner dealing with any particular set of facts will often be concerned with both fraud and mistake, and will find it convenient to have them dealt with together.
Comment on legislation and analysis of jurisprudence concerning liability in respect of mistake in writing letters of contract in commercial affairs and real estate business, with particular reference to the UK and some reference to relevant administration of justice in Australia and the USA - covers mistake in good faith, misrepresentation, misdescription, fraud, deceit, negligence, mistake in gift, pecuniary liability, etc. References.
This 2005 examination of twelve case studies about mistake, fraud and duties to inform reveals significant differences about how contract law works in thirteen European legal systems and, despite the fact that the solutions proposed are often similar, what divergent values underlie the legal rules. Whereas some jurisdictions recognise increasing duties to inform in numerous contracts so that the destiny of mistake and fraud (classical defects of consent) may appear to be uncertain, other jurisdictions continue to refuse such duties as a general rule or fail to recognise the need to protect one of the parties where there is an imbalance in bargaining power or information. Avoiding preconceptions as to where and why these differences exist, this book first examines the historical origins and development of defects of consent, then considers the issues from a comparative and critical standpoint.
Vitiation of Contracts proposes a new theory to explain the rationale of general vitiating factors in English contract law. It provides a clear link to voluntariness as the foundation of contractual liability and compares the English position, in light of this theory, with the Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC), the Principles of European Contract Law (PECL), the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) and the US Restatement (Second) of Contracts.