Contract Law An Introduction to the English Law of Contract for the Civil Lawyer

Author: John Cartwright
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781841135779
Published In: September 2007
Format: Paperback , 336 pages
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This new book is designed to introduce the lawyer who is trained in a civil law jurisdiction to the method of reasoning in the common law, and in particular to the the English law of contract. It is written primarily for the lawyer-whether student or practitioner-from another jurisdiction who already has an understanding of a (different) law of contract, but who wishes to discover the way in which an English lawyer views a contract.

After a general introduction to the common law system-how a common lawyer reasons and finds the law-the book explains the principles of the law of contract in English law covering all the aspects of a contract from its formation to the remedies available for breach, whilst directing attention in particular to those areas where the approach of English law is in marked contrast to that taken in many civil law systems.

John Cartwright is Reader in the Law of Contract, University of Oxford, and Tutor in Law, Christ Church, Oxford; Professor of Anglo-American Private Law, University of Leiden; and a Solicitor.

This is a well written, easy to read, up-to-date introduction to the English legal system and to the basic principles of the English law of contract...The book has sufficient length to provide good explanations and detail for practising lawyers; it also is sufficiently brief to allow a good picture of the whole and its interconnectedness to be seen. The book is
highly recommended. Happy reading!
Professor Tony Angelo
New Zealand Law Journal
May 2008

...well written, in plain and easily understandable English and can give to the lay reader a simple but comprehensive outlook of English law of contract...a continental student can employ the book as a simple but engaging source of knowledge of the English system...
Luciano Pontiroli
Web Journal of Current Legal Issues
December 2008