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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
He married Elizabeth Woodward, and they had eight children. Of those, Joseph Chitty the younger, Thomas Chitty, Edward Chitty, and Thompson Chitty were lawyers and legal writers: [2] Joseph the younger and Thompson were the first editors of the standard textbook Chitty on Contracts. [6] Judge Joseph William Chitty was a grandson (son of Thomas ...
According to various existing civil codes, a suretyship, when the underlying obligation is "non-valuable", is null and void unless the invalidity is the result of personal incapacity of the principal debtor [31] In some countries, however, the mere personal incapacity of a minor to borrow suffices to eliminate the guarantee of a loan made to ...
Besides his share in Deacon & Chitty he was the author of: Chitty's Equity Index (1831), which reached a third edition in 1853, and a fourth in 1883; an Index to Common Law Reports (with Francis Forster) in 1841; and; the Commercial and General Lawyer (2nd edit. 1839).
The history of English contract law traces back to its roots in civil law, the lex mercatoria and the Industrial Revolution. Modern English contract law is composed primarily of case law decided by the English courts following the Judicature Acts and supplemented by statutory reform.
The Restatement (Second) of the Law of Contracts is a legal treatise from the second series of the Restatements of the Law, and seeks to inform judges and lawyers about general principles of contract common law. It is one of the best-recognized and frequently cited legal treatises [1] in all of American jurisprudence.
Samuel Williston (September 24, 1861 – February 18, 1963) was an American lawyer and law professor who authored an influential treatise on contracts. Early life, education and family [ edit ]
A Treatise on the Law of the Prerogatives of the Crown (full title: A Treatise on the Law of the Prerogatives of the Crown; and the Relative Duties and Rights of the Subject) is an 1820 legal text by Joseph Chitty. The text provides the most comprehensive list of royal prerogative powers in the United Kingdom. [1]