Law of contract: (Record no. 10336)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240723105419.0 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | KRX810.O66 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789988911898 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | hggyu |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Opoku-Agyemang, Maxwell. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1881 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Law of contract: |
| Remainder of title | a student's companion ./ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Accra: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Typewell, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxxxvi,284p.: |
| Dimensions | 22cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents: Introduction: Definition of contract -- Historical development -- Theories of contract: Relationship of contract with other legal subjects -- Contract and tort -- Contract and equity -- Methods of studying law of contract -- Basic elements of contract -- offer -- Types of offer: Unilateral -- Bilateral -- invitation to treat -- Instances of invitation to treat -- Display of goods in shops -- Advertisements and offers -- Ticket sale and contracts -- Auction sale -- Communication of offers -- Termination of offer -- Acceptance: Alternative offers -- Acceptance by conduct -- Counter offers -- Request for information -- The battle of forms -- Acceptance in ignorance of offers -- Motive and acceptance -- Cross-offers -- Communication of acceptance -- Silence and acceptance -- What constitutes communication of acceptance? -- Postal rule -- Telegram and telex -- Consideration: General meaning -- Past consideration -- Exceptions to the rule -- Consideration must be sufficient not adequate -- Insufficient consideration -- Performance of existing legal obligation -- Part-payment of debt as sufficient consideration -- Intention to create legal relations -- Domestic agreements -- Husband and wife -- Parent and child -- Other domestic agreements -- Commercial agreements -- Privity of contract -- The doctrine of privity -- Agreements imposing benefits on third parties -- Public policy and privity of contract -- Equity and privity of contract -- Equitable trust and privity -- Privity and consideration -- Privity and collateral contracts -- Current developments in England -- Capacity: Infant: Who is an infant? -- Other types of valid contracts -- Beneficial contracts: Contracts of employment and contract of service -- Voidable contracts: Repudiation -- Liability of a person contracting with infant -- Doctrine of restitution -- Lunatics -- Drunkenness - Corporate entities and the ultra vires rule -- Contents of contract -- Terms -- Terms or mere puffs -- Conditions and warranties -- Condition precedent -- Condition subsequent -- Express and implied terms -- The parole evidence rule and the rules of evidence -- Terms implied by court -- Intention of the parties -- Terms implied from relationship between parties -- Terms implied by statutes -- Terms implied by custom -- Excluding (exemption) and limiting terms -- The courts and construction of exemption and limiting clauses -- The express words rule -- The repugnancy rule -- Contra proferentum rule -- Vitiating factors -- Misrepresentation -- General requirements -- Misrepresentation of facts -- Statements or promises in futuro -- Silence and misrepresentation -- Exceptions to the general rule -- Meaning of inducement -- Types of misrepresentation -- Fraudulent misrepresentation -- Negligent misstatement -- Remedies for misrepresentation -- Recission -- Limits to recission -- Damages -- Mistake: Types of mistake -- Mutual mistake -- Mistake as to quality -- Mistake as to the existence of subject-matter -- Mistake as to title -- Mutual mistake and frustration -- Unilateral mistake -- Where parties are at cross-purpose -- Mistake as to terms of contract -- Mistake as to identity: Parties not inter praesentes -- Mistake inter praesentes -- Non est factum -- Nature of the mistake -- Who may plead non est facum -- Duress and undue influence -- Illegality public policy and contracts -- Illegal contracts -- Contracts contrary to public policy -- Contract in restraint of trade -- Definition of restraint -- sale of business/goodwill and employment -- Solus agreements -- Discharge of contract and frustration -- The doctrine of frustration -- Effect of frustration -- Discharge of contract by performance -- Performance: The general rule -- Divisibility of contract -- Acceptance of partial performance -- Substantial performance -- The importance of time of performance -- Agreements -- Novation and variation of agreement -- Breach of contracts and remedies -- The nature of breach -- Damages and equitable remedies -- Remoteness of damages -- Measure of damages -- Mitigation of damages -- Equitable remedies -- Specific performance -- Factors considered in awarding specific performance mutuality -- Unfairness -- Adequacy of damages -- Impossibility -- Supervision -- Delay -- Personal service contracts and specific performance -- No specific performance in aid of illegality -- Injunction -- Interlocutory injunction -- Prohibitory and mandatory injunction. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | REF - SPECIAL LAW COLLECTION | 23/07/2024 | KRX810.O66 | 171/171/24 | 23/07/2024 | 1 | 23/07/2024 | Books | |||||
| Library of Congress Classification | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | REF - SPECIAL LAW COLLECTION | 23/07/2024 | KRX810.O661 | 172/172/24 | 23/07/2024 | 2 | 23/07/2024 | Books | |||||
| Library of Congress Classification | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | REF - SPECIAL LAW COLLECTION | 23/07/2024 | KRX810.O662 | 173/173/24 | 23/07/2024 | 3 | 23/07/2024 | Books |