Sefton-Green R. (ed.) Mistake, Fraud and Duties to Inform in European Contract Law

Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo: Cambridge University Press, 2005. - 459 pagesISBN: 0511082347 0521844231 9780511082344 9780521844239Series: The Common Core of European Private LawThis book first examines the historical origins and development of defects of consent, then considers the issues from a comparative and critical standpoint.This examination of twelve case studies about mistake, fraud and duties to inform reveals significant differences about how contract law works in thirteen European legal systems and, despite the fact that the solutions proposed are often similar, what divergent values underlie the legal rules.General editors' prefaceTable of legislation and international instruments
Table of cases
Abbreviations
General introduction
Mistake, misrepresentation and precontractual duties to inform: the civil law tradition
The rise and fall of mistake in the English law of contractCase studiesCase 1 Anatole v. Bob
Case 2 Celimene v. Damien
Case 3 Emile v. Far Eastern Delights
Case 4 Mr and Mrs Timeless v. Mr and Mrs Careless
Case 5 Bruno v. The Local Garage
Case 6 Emmanuel v. The Computer Shop
Case 7 Cinderella
Case 8 Estella v. Uriah Heep
Case 9 Nell v. Scrooge Bank
Case 10 Zachary
Case 11 Monstrous Inventions Ltd v. Mary Shelley
Case 12 Lady Windermere v. AngelComparative conclusions