TY - BOOK AU - Coote,Brian AU - Bigwood,Rick AU - Keller,Professor of History of Legal and Political Thought Alexis AU - Bigwood,Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law Rick AU - Bigwood,Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law Rick TI - Contract As Assumption: Essays on a Theme SN - 9781847315786 AV - K840.C668 2010 U1 - 346.02 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Contracts -- Philosophy KW - Obligations (Law) KW - Electronic books N1 - Prelims -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Essence of Contract -- 3 Consideration and Benefit in Fact and in Law -- 4 Consideration and Variations: A Different Solution -- 5 Consideration and the Joint Promisee -- 6 The Function of Exception Clauses -- 7 The Second Rise and Fall of Fundamental Breach -- 8 Contract Damages, Ruxley, and the Performance Interest -- 9 The Performance Interest, Panatown, and the Problem of Loss -- 10 Contract not Trust: Some Questions about the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act from another Perspective -- 11 Assumption of Responsibility and Pure Economic Loss in New Zealand -- Index N2 - In this book the author's previously published writings on the often misunderstood topics of contractual obligation and liability are assembled UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1772818 ER -