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This new edition of Contract Law is the essential guide to the life of a contract from negotiation, formation and execution right through to the ending of a contract and subsequent remedies. The second edition offers a modern, engaging account of all aspects of contract law.
Offering a modern, engaging account of all aspects of contract law, this new edition:
- will equip you with a clear understanding of the legal principles which underpin the contractual process
- draws upon contextual, empirical and theoretical writings throughout to highlight key points of academic debate and reform options necessary for you to develop a critical understanding of the subject
- includes unique sections bringing together all materials and doctrines relevant to contract negotiation and contract modification
- suggests additional further reading to a wide range of academic writing and additional source material
- offers expanded coverage in developing areas such as exemption clauses and a new separate examination of the principles of contract interpretation, as well as a greater analysis of the increasingly important role of European contract law.
- has been fully updated with the latest legal developments in this subject including: extensively revised sections on misrepresentation and estoppels incorporating recent cases like Springwell Navigation Corp v JP Morgan 2010 and Axa Sun Life services v Campbell Martin 2011, substantial new material on the construction of contracts such as The Reborn 2009 and ING Bank v Ros Roca 2011 and many new decisions on remedies including Durham Tees Valley Airport Ltd v BMIbaby 2010, and Milner v Carnival plc 2010
New To This Edition
- Web resources: now includes updates to any major legal changes, weblinks to useful resources, further reading, debates, white papers, and ‘further/ deeper thinking’ style questions that can be used by you to challenge your students in seminars, or that students could use on their own to consider the issues more in depth.
- Offers expanded coverage in developing areas such as exemption clauses and a new separate examination of the principles of contract interpretation, as well as a greater analysis of the increasingly important role of European contract law.
- Fully updated with the latest legal developments in this subject including: extensively revised sections on misrepresentation and estoppels incorporating recent cases like Springwell Navigation Corp v JP Morgan 2010 and Axa Sun Life services v Campbell Martin 2011, substantial new material on the construction of contracts such as The Reborn 2009 and ING Bank v Ros Roca 2011 and many new decisions on remedies including Durham Tees Valley Airport Ltd v BMIbaby 2010, and Milner v Carnival plc 2010
Roger Halson is Professor of Contract and Commercial Law at the University of Leeds. He has written widely in contract law and his work has been referred to in UK House of Lords (now the Supreme Court), as well as appellate courts overseas.
"It has surprisingly taken over eleven years for this second edition of Contract Law to be published. ... Time has not, however, done anything to diminish the quality of Roger Halson's Contract Law. It continues to provide a thought-provoking and engaging account of contract law presented in an unusual (but excellent) way.
Halson's approach of taking the reader through the journey of a contract's lifetime, rather than looking at aspects of contract law in individual chapters, is excellent and one of the keys to the text's success. ...
Halson's analysis and approach to the study of contract law is second to none. It is clear, crisp and concise while, at the same time, academically stimulating. The footnotes include a number of additional resources and provide an excellent platform for further research. This approach means that the key principles of contract law can be quickly understood: a fundamental objective for anyone studying contract law for the first time."
- Reviewed by Student Law Journal
