Contract Law in Malaysia is your essential guide to the fundamentals of contract law in Malaysia. Legal practitioners and academics, law graduates and undergraduates will find this book comprehensive and helpful with local and foreign cases presented in various aspects of contract law. Primary legislation, Contracts Act 1950, and other legislation impinging on the subject such as the Contracts (Amendment)Act 1976, the Specific Relief Act 1950 and the Civil Law Act 1956 are considered where relevant.
To enhance your understanding of the subject matter, where appropriate common law is positioned first, including related issues, before considering the variations in the relevant legislation. The authors have drawn liberally and included excerpts from leading judgments in case summaries to enable readers to better appreciate the reasoning processes involved.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Elements of Contract
Chapter 3: Offer
Chapter 4: Acceptance
Chapter 5: Cosideration
Chapter 6: Intention to Create Legal Relations
Chapter 7: Capacity to Contract and Formalities
Chapter 8: Terms of a Contract
Chapter 9: Exemption Clauses
Chapter 10: Fraud and Misrepresentation
Chapter 11: Mistake
Chapter 12: Other Vitiating Factors
Chapter 13: The Discharge and Conclusion of a Contract
Chapter 14: Remedies for breach of contract
Chapter 15: Guarantees and Indemnities
Chapter 16: Bailment
Chapter 17: Agency
Chapter 18: Assignment