The assignment of contractual rights / Greg Tolhurst.
2016
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Author
Title
The assignment of contractual rights / Greg Tolhurst.
Published
Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2016.
Call Number
K850 .T65 2016
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9781849463324 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1849463328 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781509902422 (ePDF)
9781509902439 (ePub)
1849463328 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781509902422 (ePDF)
9781509902439 (ePub)
Description
lxv, 476 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)945804285
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Tolhurst, Greg, author. Assignment of contractual rights. Second edition. Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2016 9781509902439 (DLC) 2016015643
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Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
vii
Preface to the First Edition
ix
Table of Cases
xv
Table of Legislative Instruments Including US Restatements
lix
Table of International Treaties and Principles
lxvii
pt. 1
Introduction
1.
Introduction
3
(a).
General
3
(b).
Structure of the Book
7
(c).
Some Limitations
8
2.
Brief History of Assignment
11
(a).
Introduction
11
(b).
Choses in Action
11
(c).
Assignment of Choses in Action
18
(d).
Conclusion
25
pt. 2
Nature of Assignment
3.
Assignment and the Concept of Transfer
29
(a).
Introduction
29
(b).
Meaning of Assignment
30
(i).
Introduction
30
(ii).
Assignment Distinguished from Other Transactions
31
(c).
Assignment as Transfer
34
(d).
Element of Intention
43
(i).
Introduction
43
(ii).
Outright Assignments and Security Assignments
43
(iii).
Equitable Charges
47
(iv).
Declarations of Trust
50
(e).
Requirement of a Proprietary Right
51
(f).
Assignment and Privity of Contract
58
4.
Equitable Assignments
61
(a).
Introduction
61
(b).
Equitable Assignment of Equitable Interests
62
(c).
Equitable Assignment of Legal Interests Assignable at Law
62
(i).
Introduction
62
(ii).
Character of an Equitable Assignment of a Legal Right
64
(iii).
Notice and Joinder
69
(d).
Equitable Assignment of Legal Interests Not Assignable at Law
87
(e).
Assignment of Future Interests
93
5.
Statutory or Legal Assignments
99
(a).
Introduction
99
(b).
Procedural View
101
(c).
Substantive View
103
(d).
Conclusion
111
(e).
Personal Property Securities in Australia
112
pt. 3
Assignment of Contractual Rights
6.
Assignable Contractual Rights
119
(a).
Introduction
119
(b).
Requirement of a Chose in Action
120
(i).
Contractual Rights as Choses in Action
120
(ii).
Contractual Rights as Property Rights
138
(iii).
Ownership of Contractual Rights
140
(c).
Requirement of Present Property
143
(i).
Introduction
143
(ii).
Distinction Between Present Rights and Future Property
143
(iii).
Dealings in Conditional, Contingent and Unconditional Contractual Rights
151
(d).
Division and Separation of Contractual Rights
173
(e).
Restrictions on the Assignment of Contractual Rights
190
(i).
Introduction
190
(ii).
Public Policy Restrictions
190
(iii).
Personal Contractual Rights and Obligations
215
A.
Personal Contractual Rights
218
B.
Personal Obligations
242
(iv).
Contractual Provisions Dealing with Assignment
251
(v).
Principle of Transfer as it Relates to the Personal Rights Rule and Contractual Provisions Dealing with Assignment
293
(vi).
Assignment and the Variation of the Obligations of the Obligor
294
(f).
Assignment of Contractual Burdens
300
7.
Formalities
323
(a).
Introduction
323
(b).
Intention
324
(c).
Subject Matter
338
(d).
Formalities
341
(i).
Equitable Assignments of Choses in Action; The Assignment of Legal Interests
341
(ii).
Equitable Assignments of Choses in Action; The Assignment of Equitable Interests
355
(iii).
Legal Assignments of Choses in Action
365
(iv).
Assignment of Future Choses in Action
381
pt. 4
Position of the Parties
8.
Position of the Parties
385
(a).
Introduction
385
(b).
Assignor/Obligor
386
(c).
Assignor/Assignee
389
(d).
Assignee/Obligor
391
(i).
Rights of the Assignee
391
(ii).
Rights of the Obligor
413
(iii).
Rights of the Obligor: Transfer and the Obligor's Ability to Vary the Contract after Notice of Assignment
420
(iv).
Rights of the Obligor: Transfer and the Obligor's Defences Against the Assignor to which the Assignee is Subject
428
(v).
Rights of the Obligor: Unconscionable Conduct and the Obligor's Defences Against the Assignor to which the Assignee is Subject
450
(vi).
Counterclaims
457
(e).
Successive Assignments
464
(f).
Insolvency
467
(g).
Controlling the Discretion of the Obligor
468
Index
471