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This long-awaited addition to Irwin Law's Essentials of Canadian Law series is an up-to-date, comprehensive, and accessible account of the Canadian common law of contracts. It includes chapters on emerging topics such as good faith bargaining, the duty to perform in good faith and new developments in remedies, including disgorgement and punitive damages. Written by one of Canada's leading authorities in the field, this new work will be of interest to all branches of the profession.
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Summary Table of Contents
Preface
CHAPTER 1: Introduction
PART ONE: FORMATION
CHAPTER 2: Offer and Acceptance
CHAPTER 3: Certainty of Terms
CHAPTER 4: Intention to Create Legal Relations
CHAPTER 5: Bargaining in Good Faith
CHAPTER 6: Agreements in Writing
PART TWO: ENFORCEABILITY
CHAPTER 7: Consideration and Form
CHAPTER 8: Waiver and Promissory Estoppel
CHAPTER 9: Privity of Contract
PART THREE: VITIATING FACTORS
CHAPTER 10: Misrepresentation
CHAPTER 11: Duress, Undue Influence and Unconscionability
CHAPTER 12: Illegality
CHAPTER 13: Mistake
CHAPTER 14: Frustration
PART FOUR: PERFORMANCE AND BREACH
CHAPTER 15: Conditions, Warranties and Repudiatory Breach
CHAPTER 16: Anticipatory Repudiation
CHAPTER 17: Conditional Agreements
CHAPTER 18: Representation and Warranty
PART FIVE: Interpretation of Agreements
CHAPTER 19: General Principles of Interpretation
CHAPTER 20: Exculpatory Clauses
CHAPTER 21: The Implied Duty to Perform in Good Faith
PART SIX: REMEDIES
CHAPTER 22: Damages
CHAPTER 23: Specific Performance and Injunctions
CHAPTER 24: Restitution and Disgorgement
Table of Cases
Index
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