Contract as Assumption and Consideration Theory: A Reassessment of Williams v Roffey Bros

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Contract as Assumption and Consideration Theory: A Reassessment of Williams v Roffey Bros

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Victoria University of Wellington Law Review

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This article considers various aspects of the doctrine of consideration in the light of Professor Coote's recent book "Contract as Assumption". Whilst a voluntary assumption of a legal duty is the essence of a contractual obligation, not every promise given in exchange for another promise with the intention to create legal obligations becomes enforceable in contract. Thus there is no contract where A promises to give property to B and B promises to accept it. The Law discriminates between pr...

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2011-05-02

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Dawson, Francis

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https://doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v42i1.5142

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