Quick Reference Card: Contract Law II, 3rd edition

Together with Carter, Quick Reference Card: Contract Law I, provides a concise summary of the key principles, legislation and cases relating to contract law in 6 laminated A4 pages designed to be folded into an easy-to-handle reference.

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Quick Reference Card: Contract Law II, written by Emeritus Professor John Carter, clearly yet authoritatively summarises important principles, cases and legislation relating to contract law in Australia. It is complemented by the companion Quick Reference Card Contract Law I to together cover all the major topics in this complex area.

This card includes vitiating factors, performance and breach of contract, discharge for breach, discharge by frustration, damages, recovery of sums fixed by the contract, restitution and specific performance and injunction. Its companion card Contract Law I covers the formation of contract, terms of the contract and consumer guarantees, construction of the contract, capacity to contract, privity of contract and illegality of contract.

The Quick Reference Card makes an ideal study aid both for classroom and exam use and is an excellent tool for practitioners needing a ready-reference on contract law in Australia. The laminated A4 pages are designed to be folded into an easy-to-handle reference.

Features

  • Quick, easy and clear access to key principles
  • Written by the leading author
  • Simple propositional format
  • Covers common law and statute
  • Numbered propositions for all major topics
  • Key cases identified
  • Cross referenced to all Carter contract material
  • See at a glance the cases & statutes extracted in Cases and Materials on Contract Law in Australia
  • Divided into two cards for ease of reference - buy each as you need it or buy both together

Related Titles

Carter, Quick Reference Card: Contract I, 3rd ed, 2020
Carter, Contract Law in Australia, 7th ed, 2018
Carter, Carter’s Guide to Australian Contract Law, 3rd ed, 2016
Carter, Carter’s Breach of Contract, 2nd ed, 2018
Carter, Cases & Materials on Contract Law in Australia, 7th ed, 2019
Mason, Carter & Tolhurst, Mason & Carter’s Restitution Law in Australia, 3rd ed, 2016

 

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Emeritus Professor John Carter

Emeritus Professor John Carter

Emeritus Professor John Carter is Australia’s leading authority on contract law. He is the author of several highly regarded works on contract law and has taught contract law for over 30 years. He has an international reputation and has published in many leading journals. General Editor of the Journal of Contract Law, Professor Carter is also a consultant to Herbert Smith Freehills. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.

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Table of contents

Abbreviations

 
Relevant Vitiating Factors

 
Misrepresentation

 
Legislative Prohibition of Misleading or Deceptive Conduct

 
Mistake

 
Duress

 
Undue Influence

 
Unconscionability and Unfair Contracts

 
Restrictions on Rescission

 
Performance of the Contract

 
Breach of Contract

 
Treatment of Discharge

 
Discharge by Agreement

 
Discharge under Express Provision

 
Discharge for Breach of Term

 
Discharge for Repudiation

 
Discharge for Breach of Time Stipulation

 
Restrictions on Discharge

 
Consequences of Discharge for Breach of Repudiation

 
Discharge by Frustration

 
Remedies in Contract Law

 
Damages

 
Particular Issues in Damages

 
Recovery of Sums Fixed by the Contract

 
Restitution

 
Specific Performance

 
Injunction
 

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