Contract Law, 11th Edition

Name: Contract Law, 11th Edition
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9781137475794
Price: 149.50 HKD
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Author: Ewan McKendrick
ISBN: 9781137475794

By Ewan McKendrick

Palgrave Macmillan_ June 2015

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ISBN-13: 9781137475794
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan_
Publication: June 2015
Format: Paperback , 448 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This best-selling, classic text provides a clear and straightforward account of the basic rules of contract law, while also introducing current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law and discussing wider controversies surrounding the basic doctrines. Praised time and again by both lecturers and students, Contract Law is compact yet comprehensive, well-written, well-structured, stimulating and engaging.

This new eleventh edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent changes in the law. It is essential reading for all students taking undergraduate and GDL/CPE courses in contract law.

Introduction
PART I: THE FORMATION AND SCOPE OF A CONTRACT
1. Agreement: Clearing the Ground
2. Offer and Acceptance
3. Certainty and Agreement Mistakes
4. Consideration and Form
5. Intention to Create Legal Relations
6. Third Party Rights
PART II: THE CONTENT OF A CONTRACT
7. What is a Term?
8. The Sources of Contractual Terms
9. The Classification of Contractual Terms
10. Exclusion Clauses
PART III: POLICING THE CONTRACT
11. A Duty to Disclose Material Facts?
12. Misrepresentation
13. Common Mistake and Frustration
14. Illegality
15. Capacity
16. Duress, Undue Influence and Inequality of Bargaining Power
PART IV: PERFORMANCE, DISCHARGE AND REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
17. Performance and Discharge of the Contract
18. Breach of Contract
19. Damages for Breach of Contract
20. Obtaining an Adequate Remedy

About the Author

Ewan McKendrick is Registrar and Professor of English Private Law in the University of Oxford, UK, where he is also a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is the author of a number of key works on contract law and commercial law, and is an editor of Chitty on Contracts. He is also a barrister in practice at 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn and a Master of the Bench of Gray's Inn.

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