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Corbin on Contracts was a leading American textbook on US contract law written by Arthur Linton Corbin.It was influential in the development of contract theory and practice in the 50 American states, and throughout the common law world.
Arthur Linton Corbin (October 17, 1874 – May 1, 1967) was an American lawyer and legal scholar who was a professor at Yale Law School.He contributed to the development of the philosophy of law known as legal realism [1] and wrote one of the most celebrated legal treatises of the 20th century, Corbin on Contracts.
Part I – Introduction; Part 2 – Formation of Contract Chapter 2 – The Agreement, Chapter 3 – Consideration, Chapter 4 – Form, Chapter 5 – Mistake, Chapter 6 – Misrepresentation, Chapter 7 – Duress and Undue Influence
AWB Simpson, 'The Horwitz Thesis and the History of Contracts' (1979) 46(3) The University of Chicago Law Review 533; Books. G Gilmore, The Death of Contract (1974) PS Atiyah, The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract (Oxford 1979) AWB Simpson, A History of the Common Law of Contract: the Rise of the Action of Assumpsit (1987)
The Death of Contract is a book by American law professor Grant Gilmore, written in 1974, about the history and development of the common law of contracts. [1] [2] Gilmore's central thesis was that the Law of Contracts, at least as it existed in the 20th-century United States was largely artificial: it was the work of a handful of scholars and judges building a system, rather than a more ...
The painter's identity was a term of the contract, which could either be classified as a condition (breach of which allows termination of the contract) or a warranty (which allows damages only). Here the painter's identity was a condition, but after hanging it in one's house for five years it is far too late to reject the painting for breach of ...
State law requires revocation if anyone who either holds or is the primary beneficiary of a liquor license commits a crime of moral turpitude. "In New Jersey, felony convictions are universally ...
Solle v Butcher [1950] 1 KB 671 is an English contract law case, concerning the right to have a contract declared voidable in equity. Denning LJ reaffirmed a class of "equitable mistakes" in his judgment, which enabled a claimant to avoid a contract.