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Author Furmston, Michael

Title The Future of the Law of Contract
Published Milton : Informa Law, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (303 p.)
Series Markets and the Law Ser
Markets and the Law Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Detailed Contents -- List of contributors -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- List of articles -- CHAPTER 1. AN OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- Diversity and unity -- Doctrine -- Evolution and revolution -- CHAPTER 2. THE IMPLIED OBLIGATION OF GOOD FAITH -- Introduction -- The American experience -- Canada -- Australia -- Singapore -- United Kingdom -- Internationalization -- Concluding thoughts -- CHAPTER 3. GOOD FAITH IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA -- Introduction -- Bhasin v Hrynew
Good faith and equity -- Security of contracts -- Subsequent decisions -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4. THE QUAGMIRE OF UTMOST GOOD FAITH IN INSURANCE LAW: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MALAYSIAN, AUSTRALIAN AND ENGLISH LAWS IN CONSUMER INSURANCE CONTRACTS -- Introduction -- The evolution of the legal principle of utmost good faith in the English insurance law -- Carter v Boehm -- The evolution of the burdensome duty of utmost good faith -- misrepresentation in insurance contracts under common law -- Influencing the judgment of the prudent underwriter -- Current regulation and legislation under English law
The Malaysian treatment of the principle of utmost good faith -- The reception of English law into Malaysia -- cut-off dates -- Pre-contractual duty of disclosure for consumer insurance contracts -- The Australian treatment on the duty of utmost good faith in insurance contracts -- The future of utmost good faith in insurance contracts: is the application of utmost good faith in insurance contracts dead? -- Resurrection of utmost good faith -- striking a more balanced approach -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5. OBJECTIVITY -- Introduction -- Purpose, rules and a presumption -- Focus of discussion
What does the contract mean? -- Is there a contract? -- Introduction -- Agreement between the two approaches -- Disagreement between the two approaches -- Two great nineteenth-century cases -- Implied terms -- Introduction -- Does the role of objectivity vary? -- Are implication and construction different? -- What does 'necessary' signify? -- Conclusions -- CHAPTER 6. AUTOMATED TRANSACTIONS AND THE LAW OF CONTRACT: WHEN CODES ARE NOT CONGRUENT -- Introduction -- Two classes of reasons for non-enforcement: principle and policy -- Coherentism and reasons of principle
Regulatory-instrumentalism and reasons of policy -- The question of non-congruence: doctrinal principles, regulatory policies and automated transactional technologies -- Technological enablement -- Networks -- Deviation from the expectation measure -- Penalties -- Payments associated with an illegal contract -- Technological disablement -- A creditor's promise to settle for less (with any attempt to recover the balance of the debt being disabled) -- An unfair term in a consumer transaction -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 7. THE RESILIENCE OF CONTRACT LAW IN LIGHT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE -- Introduction
Notes Description based upon print version of record
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Subject Contracts -- English-speaking countries
Contracts
English-speaking countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429508813
0429508816