Hong Kong contracts
Includes index ; A straightforward text for beginners on the law of contract in Hong Kong ; published_or_final_version ; General Editor's Foreword pvii ; Preface pix ; Table of Legislation p179 ; Table of Cases p181 ; Index p187 ; 1 What Contracts Do p1 ; 2 What the Law of Contracts Does p5 ; 3 How Contracts Are Made p17 ; 4 How Contracts Are Interpreted p45 ; 5 Defective Contracts p65 ; 6 Discharge p89 ; 7 Remedies p101 ; 8 Restrictions On Remedies p117 ; 9 Parties to Contractual Rights p147 ; 10.Illegality and Public Policy ; 11 Deeds, Formalities and Capacity p171 ; 1.1 Contracts and Other Obligations p1 ; 1.2 The Functions of Contract p2 ; 1.3 The Basis of Contract p3 ; 2.1 Introduction p5 ; 2.2 Is There a Contract? p6 ; 2.3 What Is the Effect of the Contract? p8 ; 2.4 Defective Contracts p10 ; 2.5 Whom Does the Contract Concern? p12 ; 2.6 What Happens If the Contract Is Broken? p13 ; 3.1 Intention to Create Legal Relations p17 ; 3.2 Agreement p21 ; 3.3 Offer p22 ; 3.4 Termination of Offer p24 ; 3.5 Acceptance p27 ; 3.6 Tenders p31 ; 3.7 Consideration p32 ; 4.1 Seeking the Meaning p45 ; 4.2 Statements p45 ; 4.3 Puff or Representation? p46 ; 4.4 Representation or Term? p46 ; 4.5 Written Contracts: Special Rules p48 ; 4.6 Conditions Precedent and Subsequent p49 ; 4.7 Construction of a Contract p50 ; 4.8 Collateral Contract p51 ; 4.9 The Relative Importance of Terms p52 ; 4.10 Implied Terms p56 ; 4.11 The Battle of the Forms p61 ; 5.1 Vitiating Factors p65 ; 5.2 Misrepresentation p66 ; 5.3 The Remedies p70 ; 5.4 Mistake p74 ; 5.5 Rectification p81 ; 5.6 Duress and Undue Influence p81 ; 5.7 Unconscionable Bargains p84 ; 6.1 Methods of Discharge p89 ; 6.2 Performance p89 ; 6.3 Agreement p92 ; 6.4 Accord and Satisfaction p93 ; 6.5 Acceptance of Breach As Repudiation p93 ; 6.6 Frustration p95 ; 7.1 The Range of Remedies p101 ; 7.2 An Action in Debt or For the Price p104 ; 7.3 Damages p105 ; 7.4 Equitable Remedies p110 ; 7.5 Tort p112 ; 7.6 Quasi-contract p112 ; 7.7 Loss of Remedy p113 ; 8.1 Remedies Fixed By the Parties p117 ; 8.2 Liquidated Damages Clauses, Penalty Clauses and Deposits p117 ; 8.3 Liquidated Damages, Penalty and Limitation Compared p120 ; 8.4 The Nature of Exemption Clauses p120 ; 8.5 Construction of Exemption Clauses p122 ; 8.6 Has the Clause Been Incorporated Into the Contract? p122 ; 8.7 Is the Clause Worded Clearly Enough to Cover the Damage? p132 ; 8.8 Fundamental Breach p133 ; 8.9 Other Problems of Construction of Exemption Clauses p135 ; 8.10 Can Legislation Help? p137 ; 8.11 The Passage of Time p141 ; 9.1 Privity p147 ; 9.2 Exceptions to the Privity Rule p150 ; 9.3 Agency p152 ; 9.4 Assignment p153 ; 10.1 Introduction p161 ; 10.2 The Scope of Illegality p161 ; 10.3 Illegal By Ordinance p162 ; 10.4 Illegal As Formed or Performed p162 ; 10.5 Illegality and Public Policy p163 ; 10.6 Public Policy p166 ; 10.7 Restraint of Trade p166 ; 10.8 One-sided or Two-sided Illegality p168 ; 11.1 Deeds p171 ; 11.2 Written Evidence p171 ; 11.3 Capacity p174