Brian Coote, Contract as Assumption

A review of Professor Brian Cootes recent work Contract as Assumption (Hart Publishing, 2010), which argues that there is much to commend in the thesis that in contracting parties mutually assume obligations to each other, while also arguing that Cootes theory is somewhat hampered by a continued adherence to the doctrine of consideration and the need to accommodate problems which the doctrine causes.A review of Professor Brian Cootes recent work Contract as Assumption (Hart Publishing, 2010), which argues that there is much to commend in the thesis that in contracting parties mutually assume obligations to each other, while also arguing that Cootes theory is somewhat hampered by a continued adherence to the doctrine of consideration and the need to accommodate problems which the doctrine causes.