<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mods xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" version="3.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-1.xsd">
  <titleInfo>
    <title>Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston's law of contract</title>
  </titleInfo>
  <titleInfo type="alternative">
    <title>Cheshire, Fifoot &amp; Furmston's law of contract</title>
  </titleInfo>
  <titleInfo type="alternative">
    <title>Law of contract</title>
  </titleInfo>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Furmston, M. P.</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm>
    </role>
  </name>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Cheshire, G. C.</namePart>
  </name>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Fifoot, C. H. S.</namePart>
  </name>
  <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
    <place>
      <placeTerm type="text">London</placeTerm>
    </place>
    <publisher>Oxford University Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c 2001</dateIssued>
    <edition>17th edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
  </originInfo>
  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>lxi, 762p. ; 25 cm.</extent>
  </physicalDescription>
  <abstract>This book provides an] account of the principles of the law of contract with ... analysis and insights ... Each topic is clearly signposted with summaries, introductory text and sub-headings for ease of navigation throughout the book. Numerous references to additional primary and secondary sources take the reader even further into the subject."-- Provided by publisher</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Historical introduction -- Som factors affecting modern contract law -- The phenomena of agreement -- Consideration -- Intention to create legal relations -- The contents of the contract -- Unenforceable contracts -- Mistake -- Misrepresentation, duress, and undue influence -- Contracts rendered void by statute -- Contracts illegal by statute or at common law -- Contracts void at common law on grounds of public policy -- Capacity of parties -- Privity of contract -- Privity of contract under the law of agency -- The voluntary assignment of contractual rights and liabilities -- The involuntary assignment of contractual rights and liabilities -- Performance and breach -- Discharge by agreement -- Discharge under the doctrine of frustration -- Remedies for breach of contract.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">M.P. Furmston, G. C. Cheshire and C. H. S. Fifoot</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Contracts</topic>
    <geographic>England</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Breach of contract</topic>
    <geographic>England</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Contractual rights and liabilities</topic>
    <geographic>England</geographic>
  </subject>
  <classification authority="ddc">346.02 CHE</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0406930589</identifier>
  <recordInfo>
    <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">MCCL</recordContentSource>
    <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20251001120019.0</recordChangeDate>
    <languageOfCataloging>
      <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng.</languageTerm>
    </languageOfCataloging>
  </recordInfo>
</mods>
