Contract Formation and Parties

Contract Formation and Parties presents a collection of current thinking on the central themes of contract formation and parties. The eighth volume in the Oxford-Norton Rose Law series the chapters originate from papers presented at the colloquium held in September 2009. The Oxford-Norton Rose Law colloquia bring together practitioners and academics to examine and discuss an area of commercial law central to both communities. The book begins with an introduction by the editors which draws out the central features of the discussions at the colloquium and includes a foreword by Lord Justice Longmore. It is then structured around these two primary themes of the colloquium and includes contributions from eminent academics.

Andrew Burrows is Norton Rose Professor of Commercial Law, University of Oxford and is also a door tenant at Fountain Court Chambers, London.

Edwin Peel is a Fellow and Tutor in Law at Keble Collage, University of Oxford and a Consultant at Clifford Chance LLP, London.

Lord Justice Longmore: Foreword
Andrew Burrows and Edwin Peel: Introduction
Michael Furmston: Letters of Intent
Edwin Peel: The Status of Agreements to Negotiate in Good Faith
Donal Nolan: Offer and Acceptance in the Electronic Age
Mindy Chen-Wishart: A Bird in the Hand: Consideration and Promissory Estoppel
Ben McFarlane: Contract Formation: Promissory Estoppel
John Cartwright: Liability in Tort for Pre-Contractual Non-Disclosure
James Edelman: Liability in Unjust Enrichment where a contract fails to materialise
Andrew Tettenborn: Problems in Assignment Law
Thomas Krebs: Why there is no magic in agency
Hugh Beale: A Review of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
Foreword, Lord Justice Longmore
Introduction, Andrew Burrows and Edwin Peel
Letters of Intent, Michael Furmston
The Status of Agreements to Negotiate in Good Faith, Edwin Peel
Offer and Acceptance in the Electronic Age, Donal Nolan
A Bird in the Hand: Consideration and Promissory Estoppel, Mindy Chen-Wishart
Contract Formation: Promissory Estoppel, Ben McFarlane
Liability in Tort for Pre-Contractual Non-Disclosure, John Cartwright
Liability in Unjust Enrichment where a contract fails to materialise, James Edelman
Problems in Assignment Law, Andrew Tettenborn
Why there is no magic in agency, Thomas Krebs
A Review of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, Hugh Beale