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Title: What is a contract?
About: Provides a basic understanding of contracts and what it means to enter into one. Also information about breached, broken and unjust contracts.
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Title: Consumers Chapter 11: The law handbook 11th edition
About: Provides plain language information about consumer protection laws including unjust contracts, misleading and unconscionable conduct, substandard goods and services, goods that cause injury or damage, buying a motor vehicle, consumer protection, resolving disputes, government bodies, the Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal, taking legal action, uncollected goods, bag searches and harassment. Health consumer issues, Health Care Complaints Commission, consent to treatment, medical negligence and making complaints.
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Contracts Chapter 12: The law handbook 11th edition
About: A plain language outline of contract law. Essentials of a valid contract - agreement, intention to be legally bound, legal capacity to enter into a contract, consideration, genuine consent. Illegal contracts, verbal and written terms, exclusion terms, conditions and warranties, ending a contract by agreement, frustration, repudiation, breach of contract. Damages for breach of contract.
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Title: Australian business law 28th edition
About: Chapters on all aspects of business law - land and property law, intellectual property, including copyright, designs, patents and trademarks, negligence, contracts, consumer law including trade practices and consumer credit, business organisations, partnerships, agency law, finance and bankruptcy law, banking and insurance, white-collar crime, electronic commerce. All chapters include useful case summaries, legislation and caselaw references.
Author: Latimer, Paul
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Contract 5th edition
About: Formation of contracts, terms, capacity of parties, defective contracts, termination of contracts, remedies, and key cases.
Author: G Lindsay
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Title: Australian contract law reporter
About: Covers the formation of contracts, terms, factors affecting them such as unconscionability, mistake, duress, misrepresentation. Includes information on privity of contract, assignment and agency. Performance, breach, discharge, formalities, remedies, illegality and public policy, drafting. - Location number Ref/N346.9402/20
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Australian trade practices reporter
About: Covers markets and misuse of market power, competition, anti-competitive agreements, secondary boycotts, exclusive dealing, resale price maintenance, mergers and acquisitions, access to markets and essential services, pricing, authorisations notifications and review. Exceptions exemptions and extraterritoriality. Enforcement, remedies and defences, unfair contracts, contract law, product liability, manufacturers liability and implied terms. Location number Ref/N343.9408/8
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Lang's commercial leases
About: Covers the drafting and negotiating of commercial leases, transactions, lease covenants, retail leases. Location number Ref/NQ346.9404346/11
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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