This Work was composed by PROFESSOR Bell a short time before his death, and was in part printed when he died. He had for some time been engaged in the preparation of a series of similar Treatises on other subjects relative to Commercial Law. But this is the only one which he had finally revised for publication.

CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION,

CHAPTER I.

THE NATURE AND EFFECT IN GENERAL OF THE CONTRACT OF SALE, AS

RECOGNISED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES,

1. Sale of Specific Goods ready for delivery,

2. Sale of a quantity of Goods to be separated from a mass,

3. Sale of Goods to be collected and furnished,

4. Sale of Goods to be manufactured or prepared,

PROOF OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES, .. .

I. Proof and Effect of Preliminary Negotiations,

1. Offer,

2. Order,

II. Proof of the Contract of Sale,

Of Sales in which writing is indispensable,

Of Sales where writing is not indispensable,

1. Proof of Sale by the Law of England,

(1.) Proof by Writing, .

(2.) Parole Proof, .

2. Proof of Sale by the Law of America,

3. Proof of Sale by the Law of Scotland,

4. Proof of Sale by the Law of France,

5. Proof of Sale by the Law of Holland,

6. Proof of Sale, as settled by Brokers, Travelling Agents, or Mercantile

Factors, ..

7. Conclusion of the View of the Law of Evidence of Sale,