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Contract law in Ireland : [electronic book] /

By: Kelly, Cliona.
Publisher: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands : Kluwer Law International B.V., 2021Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789403531144.Other title: International Encyclopaedia of Laws/Contracts.Subject(s): Contracts -- IrelandOnline resources: Access ebook here
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- The Author -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- 1. The General Background of the Country -- I. Population and Composition -- II. Outline of the Constitutional, Legal and Political History of Ireland -- 2. Legal Family -- 3. Primacy of Legislation -- 4. The Position of the Judiciary -- I. The Judiciary -- II. The Modern Court System -- 5. Distinction Between Public Law and Private Law ('Administrative Contracts') -- 6. Distinction Between Civil Law and Commercial Law ('Commercial Contracts')
Introduction to the Law of Contracts -- 1. Definition of Contract -- 2. Historical Background of the Law of Contract -- 3. Classification of Contracts -- 4. Contract and Tort -- 5. Contract and Quasi-contract -- 6. Contract and Trust -- 7. Contract and the Law of Property -- 8. Good Faith and Fair Dealing -- 9. Style of Drafting -- 10. Sources of the Law of Contract -- Part I. General Principles of the Law of Contract -- Chapter 1. Formation -- 1. Agreement and Quid Pro Quo (Reciprocity) -- I. Offer and Acceptance -- A. Offer -- 1. Advertisements -- 2. Display of Goods
3. Quotations and Statements of Price -- 4. Auctions -- 5. Tenders -- B. Termination of an Offer -- 1. Revocation -- 2. Rejection of Offer -- 3. Lapse of Time -- 4. The Effect of Death -- C. Acceptance -- 1. The Fact of Acceptance -- 2. Communication of Acceptance -- D. The Need for Certainty and Agreement on Material Terms -- II. Intention to Create Legal Relations -- A. Family Arrangements -- B. Commercial Arrangements -- C. Collective Agreements -- III. Consideration -- A. The Requirement of Consideration in Irish Contract Law -- 1. What Counts as Consideration?
2. Consideration Must Move from the Promisee -- 3. The Rule Against Past Consideration -- 4. Agreements to Compromise a Legal Claim as Consideration -- 5. Performance of an Existing Duty under General Law -- 6. Performance of Existing Contractual Obligation -- 7. A Promise by a Creditor to Accept a Lesser Sum than the Amount Due in Full Satisfaction of a Debt Due -- B. The Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel -- 1. Pre-existing Legal Relationship Between the Parties -- 2. An Unambiguous Representation -- 3. Reliance -- 4. Some Element of Unfairness and Unconscionability
5. Estoppel Is Not a Cause of Action -- 6. The Remedy Is a Matter for the Court -- 7. Suspension of Rights -- C. The Doctrine of Proprietary Estoppel -- D. Legitimate Expectation -- IV. Modifications of the Contract -- 2. Formal and Evidential Requirements -- I. Formal Requirements -- A. Contracts under Seal -- B. Statutory Requirements to Have Evidence of Contract in Writing -- 1. Contracts of Guarantee -- 2. Contracts for the Sale of Land, or of Any Interest in or Concerning Land -- 3. Contracts That Are Not to Be Performed Within One Year from the Making of the Contract
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"This book was originally published as a monograph in the International Encyclopaedia of Laws/Contracts."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- The Author -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- 1. The General Background of the Country -- I. Population and Composition -- II. Outline of the Constitutional, Legal and Political History of Ireland -- 2. Legal Family -- 3. Primacy of Legislation -- 4. The Position of the Judiciary -- I. The Judiciary -- II. The Modern Court System -- 5. Distinction Between Public Law and Private Law ('Administrative Contracts') -- 6. Distinction Between Civil Law and Commercial Law ('Commercial Contracts')

Introduction to the Law of Contracts -- 1. Definition of Contract -- 2. Historical Background of the Law of Contract -- 3. Classification of Contracts -- 4. Contract and Tort -- 5. Contract and Quasi-contract -- 6. Contract and Trust -- 7. Contract and the Law of Property -- 8. Good Faith and Fair Dealing -- 9. Style of Drafting -- 10. Sources of the Law of Contract -- Part I. General Principles of the Law of Contract -- Chapter 1. Formation -- 1. Agreement and Quid Pro Quo (Reciprocity) -- I. Offer and Acceptance -- A. Offer -- 1. Advertisements -- 2. Display of Goods

3. Quotations and Statements of Price -- 4. Auctions -- 5. Tenders -- B. Termination of an Offer -- 1. Revocation -- 2. Rejection of Offer -- 3. Lapse of Time -- 4. The Effect of Death -- C. Acceptance -- 1. The Fact of Acceptance -- 2. Communication of Acceptance -- D. The Need for Certainty and Agreement on Material Terms -- II. Intention to Create Legal Relations -- A. Family Arrangements -- B. Commercial Arrangements -- C. Collective Agreements -- III. Consideration -- A. The Requirement of Consideration in Irish Contract Law -- 1. What Counts as Consideration?

2. Consideration Must Move from the Promisee -- 3. The Rule Against Past Consideration -- 4. Agreements to Compromise a Legal Claim as Consideration -- 5. Performance of an Existing Duty under General Law -- 6. Performance of Existing Contractual Obligation -- 7. A Promise by a Creditor to Accept a Lesser Sum than the Amount Due in Full Satisfaction of a Debt Due -- B. The Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel -- 1. Pre-existing Legal Relationship Between the Parties -- 2. An Unambiguous Representation -- 3. Reliance -- 4. Some Element of Unfairness and Unconscionability

5. Estoppel Is Not a Cause of Action -- 6. The Remedy Is a Matter for the Court -- 7. Suspension of Rights -- C. The Doctrine of Proprietary Estoppel -- D. Legitimate Expectation -- IV. Modifications of the Contract -- 2. Formal and Evidential Requirements -- I. Formal Requirements -- A. Contracts under Seal -- B. Statutory Requirements to Have Evidence of Contract in Writing -- 1. Contracts of Guarantee -- 2. Contracts for the Sale of Land, or of Any Interest in or Concerning Land -- 3. Contracts That Are Not to Be Performed Within One Year from the Making of the Contract

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