Atiyah's Sale of Goods

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Description
Authoritative, influential yet accessible to students this textbook addresses one of the most important aspects of commercial law. Its enduring role as the definitive guide to the law surrounding the sale of goods cements its position as the market leading text for undergraduate and postgraduate students alike.
Uniquely, key differences between Scots and English law in this area are highlighted throughout equipping the reader with a thorough understanding of the regulatory regimes governing the sale of goods in both jurisdictions.
•    lncreased emphasis of e-commerce issues affecting the sale of goods
•    Coverage of the Convention on International Sale of Goods and its implications
     for domestic sale of goods law
•    Discussion of the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory
     Reform's consultation on consumer law
•    Expanded coverage of relevant decisions made in other common law jurisdictions
•    Coverage of the Draft Common Frame of Reference: Principles, Definitions
     and Model Rules of European Private Law and its implications for the creation
     of a European Private Law
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Contents
Part I : Nature and formation of the Contract of Sale
1.    Sources of the law of sale of goods
2.    Definition and nature of the contract of sale
3.    Formation of the contract
4.    Formalities
5.    Distance selling, including e-commerce
6.    Subject-matter of the contract
7.    The types of obligation created
Part II : The duties of the seller
9.    The duty to pass a good title
10.  The duty to deliver the goods
11.  The duty to supply the goods  at the right time
12.  The duty to supply goods in the right quantity
13.  The duty to supply goods of the right quality
14.  Exclusion of seller's liability
15.  Product liability and consumer protection
16.  Manufacturer's guarantees
Part III : The duties of the buyer
17.  The duty to pay the price
18.  The duty to take delivery
Part IV : The Effects of the contract
19.  The Transfer of Property
20.  Risk and frustration
21.  Transfer of title by a non-owner
Part  V : Export Sales
22.  Export Sales
23.  Export and import licences
24.  Banker's Commercial credits
25.  International Convention on Sales of Goods
Part VI : The remedies of  Seller
26.  Real Remedies
27.  Peronal remedies
Part VII : The Remedies of the buyer
28.  Rejection of the goods and additional rights of buyer/transferee of goods in consumer cases
29.  Rescissiion for misrepresentation
30.  Actioin for damages
31.  Specific performance or implement
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Author's Details
John N. Adams is Professor Emeritus at the University of Sheffield, and Adjunct Professor at the otre Dame, Indiana.
Hector MacQueen is a Scottish Law Commissioner and Professor of Private Law at the University
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