Contract Law, 4th Edition

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- Two new chapters discuss with the new legislation of the Competition and Consumer Act
- Updated with the recent developments in contract law, including the amendments made to the electronic transactions legislation
- International perspectives sections updated for recent and relevant US and NZ law
The fourth edition of Contract Law provides a comprehensive review of the principles of contract law. Complex topics are explained in a clear and accessible style that and illustrated by succinct cases. This text is also available with a casebook which gives students access to an expanded selection of primary and secondary materials.

Readership: First year law students taking a contract law subject as part of their undergraduate studies
Part One: Overview
1: Introduction
2: Negotiation
Part Two: Formation
3: Agreement
4: Certainty and Completeness
5: Intention to Create Legal Relations
6: Consideration
7: Equitable Estoppel
Part Three: Content
8: Terms I: Establishing Contractual Terms
9: Terms II: Construction of Terms
Part Four: Limits on Enforcement of Contracts
10: Capacity
11: Formalities
12: Privity
Part Five: Vitiating Factors
13: Misrepresentation and Misleading Deceptive Conduct
14: Mistake
15: Duress
16: Undue Influence
17: Unconscionable Conduct
18: Void and Illegal Contracts
Part Six: Discharge of the Contract
19: Discharge by Performance
20: Discharge by Termination
21: Discharge by Agreement
22: Discharge by Frustration
Part Seven: Remedies
23: Damages
24: Restitution
25: Equitable Remedies
Part Eight: Consumer Protection
26: Unfair Terms
27: Consumer Guarantees
Part Nine: International Contracts
28: International Contracts
Part Ten: Themes, Critical Perspectives, and Ideologies
29: Themes, Critical Perspectives, and Ideologies
Lindy Willmott, Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Sharon Christensen, Professor, Queensland University of Technology, and Des Butler, Professor, Queensland University of Technology

Lindy Willmott Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology Sharon Christensen Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology Des Butler Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology Bill Dixon Lecturer, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology