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clothes’
Mindy Chen-Wishart
Chapter 5 from Beatson, J. and D. Friedmann, (eds) Good
faith and fault in contract law. (Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1995) [ISBN 0198265786]. pp.123–139.
This reading relates to the Elements of the law of
contract subject guide, Chapter 3.
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