Michael Bryan

Private Law in Theory and Practice

Herausgeber: Bryan, Michael

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book aims to present the theory of private law, and the application of theory to practical legal problems in an accessible form to teachers and students of tort, contract and the law of unjust enrichment, legal researchers and law reformers.

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Private Law in Theory and Practice explores important theoretical issues in tort law, the law of contract and the law of unjust enrichment and relates the theory to judicial decision-making in these areas of private law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781844721405
• ISBN-10: 184472140X
• Artikelnr.: 21359585

Autorenporträt

Michael Bryan is Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne. He has researched and published extensively in the areas of equity, trusts and restitution, including The Law of Non-Disclosure (with A Duggan and F Hanks, Longmans, 1995) and contributed a chapter to The Law of Obligations: Connections and Boundaries (UCL Press, 2003).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Principle and Policy. Private Right and Public
Interest Part 2: Tort Law Policy. Policy and Principle in Tort Law. Taking
Disagreement Seriously: Courts, Legislatures and the Reform of Tort Law.
The Use of Policy in Negligence Cases in the High Court of Australia. The
High Court and Social Facts: A Negligence Case Study Part 3: Issues in
Contract Law. Reconfiguring Mistake in Contract Formation. The Standard of
Good Faith Performance: Reasonable Expectations and Community Standards.
Some Thoughts on the Comparative Jurisprudence of Mistakes in Assumption
Part 4: Certainty and Discretion in Property, Equity and Unjust Enrichment
Estoppel, Discretion and the Nature of the Estoppel. Equity
Unconscionability, Constructive Trusts and Proprietary Estoppel.
Constructive Trusts from a Law and Economics Perspective. The Criteria for
the Award of Proprietary Remedies: Rethinking the Proprietary Base. Change
of Position, Good Faith and Unconscionability