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Contract Law
(Deakin University, 2001)
| Topic 1 (The nature and developoment of
contract law) | Topic 2 (Agreement) |
Topic 3 (Consideration) | Topic 4 (Intention to
create legal relations) | Topic 5 (Capacity to contract) | Topic 6
(Formalities) | Other Links |
| Topic
1 - The nature and development of contract law |
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| The
Importance of contracts |
Contractual rights and duties
Goods
Act 1958 (Vic)
Trade
Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
Insurance
Contracts Act
Baltic
Shipping Co v Dillon (1993) 176 CLR 344
| The
antecedents of modern contract law |
Milestones in the Development of Modern Contract Law
Insurance
Contracts Act
Frustrated
Contracts Act (NSW)
Fair
Trading Act 1987 (WA)
Sale
of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987 (Tas)
Minors
(Property and Contracts) Act 1970 (NSW)
Contracts
Review Act 1980 (NSW)
Trade
Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
Credit
Act 1984 (Vic)
Bills
of Exchange Act 1909 (Cth)
Industrial
Relations Reform Act 1993 (Cth)
Trident
General Insurance Co. Ltd v. McNiece Bros Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 107
| Doctrine
and discretion in contract law |
Doctrinal influences on contract law
Photo
Production Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd [1980] 1 All ER 556
Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)
Trade
Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
Feminist Perspectives on Law
Garcia
v National Australia Bank Limited (1998) 194 CLR 393 (6 August 1998)
| Making
an Agreement - Offer |
Carlill
v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256
Full text of case and picture of advertisement for Carbolic Smoke
Ball - from UK law online
- Carbolic
Smoke Ball
Picture of the Advertisement from Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.
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- Carlill
Overview and chronology
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- Mrs
Carlill
Picture of Mrs Carlill aged 87 and diagram of the carbolic smoke
ball device
MacRobertson
Miller Airline Services v Comm of State Taxation (WA) (1975) 133 CLR
125
Thornton
v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [1971] 1 All ER 686
Section
56 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) [bait advertising]
Termination of offers
United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(1980) Art 16
Rejection or counter-offer
United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(1980) Art 19
United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(1980) Art 17
Lapse of time
United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(1980) Art 20
United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(1980) Art 21
United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(1980) Art 22
United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(1980) Art 23
United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(1980) Art 24
| Making
an Agreement - Acceptance |
Carlill
v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256
Trade
Practices Act, s 65 [Unsolicited Goods]
United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(1980) Art 19
Carlill
v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256
Vagueness or ambiguity
Upper
Hunter County District Council v Australian Chilling and Freezing Co
Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 429
Incompleteness
Hall
v. Busst (1960) 104 CLR 206
Goods
Act (Vic), s 13
Godecke
v Kirwan (1973) 129 CLR 629
Booker
Industries Pty Ltd v Wilson Parking (Qld) Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 600
Subject to contract clauses
Masters
v. Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353
Subject to finance clauses
Meehan
v Jones (1982) 149 CLR 571
Seven
Cable Television Pty Ltd v Telstra Corp Ltd [2000] FCA 350
| The
requirement of consideration |
A promise under seal
Property
Law Act 1958 (Vic) s 73
Property
Law Act 1958 (Vic) s 73A
Conveyancing
Act 1919 (NSW) s 38
Property
Law Act 1974 (Qld) s 47
Law
of Property Act 1936 (SA) s 41
Law
of Property Act 1936 (SA) s 41AA
Property
Law Act 1969 (WA) s 9(2) & (4)
| The
meaning of consideration |
Definition
Carlill
v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256
The distinction between a condition and consideration
Australian
Woollen Mills Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (1954) 92 CLR 424
| The
nature of consideration |
Past consideration is generally not good consideration
Bills
of Exchange Act 1909 (Cth) s 32
Consideration must move from the promisee
Coulls
v Bagot's Executor & Trustee Co Ltd (1967) 119 CLR 460
Jones
v Bartlett [2000] HCA 56
Reformulation of the Doctine in Australia
Waltons
Stores (Interstate) Ltd v. Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387
The operation of the Doctrine in Australia
Waltons
Stores (Interstate) Ltd v. Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387
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