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Law books list of top 10 best law books of all time. The purpose of one is to lay down principles for formation of contractual relations and to provide the remedial measure of recovery of damages in the event of one partys failure to keep his contractual commitments. The purpose of this book is to furnish a compact and, at the same time, comprehensive selection of authoritative material for the study and discussion of the principles of the law of contract. Facebook twitter reddit linkedin whatsapp contract law is fascinating as most people will have unknowingly formed a legally binding contract at some point in their life. Across two volumes, general editor professor hugh beale and a team of eminent authors deals with the general principles of contract law as well as specific contracts such as the sale of goods, construction and credit and security. I used the jill poole book for my first year of law, and it was good you just need to know where to look as a lot of things are. The general principals of the law of contract are contained in sections 1 to 75 of the indian contract act. Stateunion contracts governors office of employee relations. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Best sellers, newest to oldest oldest to newest price low to high price high to low title a. One of its principal goals, expressed in 11022c revised 1103a3, is to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions. Cases, judgments and primary source quotations are prominently displayed. This book is an attempt to draw such an outline of the principles of the law of contract as may be useful to students, and, perhaps, convenient to those who are engaged in the teaching of law. The professor slipped off of his chair and walked around his desk to a book shelf where he pulled out a slim, but well worn volume.
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