Details
- Provides a full explanation of contract law by drawing on key cases to illustrate how common law works in practice
- Succinct case summaries enable students to get to the essential elements of a case with ease
- Chapter summaries allow students to check that they have taken away the key points discussed in each chapter, whilst recommendations for further reading mean they can research the topics that interest them
- The book is supported by an Online Resource Centre providing updates and web links, to help students keep abreast of new developments
New to this edition
- The chapter on formation of the contract includes reference to the UN Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts
- Updated to include new coverage of the following cases: on formation of a contract: Photolibrary Group Ltd v Burda Senator Verlag GmBH on certainty and completeness: Schweppe v Harper Forstater v Dweck and Another Bear Stearns Bank Plc v Forum Global Equity Ltd on intention to create legal relations: Wilson & Anr v Burnett New Testament Church of God v Stewart on unfair terms in consumer contracts regulations: Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National PLC on duress and undue influence: Halpern v Halpern on performance and breach: Golden Strait Corp v Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha on remedies: WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature v World Wrestling Federation Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc (The Achilleas)
The Law of Contract offers a clear, non-technical explanation of the principles of contract law combined with a focus on case summaries throughout. The book's strengths lie in the authors' highly praised explanation of the law, their ability to demystify difficult concepts without losing academic rigour, and use of case summaries, quotations, and analysis to explain the law of contract.
The seventh edition has been fully updated to include discussion and summaries of key cases including:
On consideration and promissory estoppel:
Collier v P and MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd
On intention to create legal relations:
Wilson v Burnett
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Attorney-General of Belize v Belize Telecom
On Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations:
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National
On illegality:
Law Commission Consultation Paper No 189, The Illegality Defence: A Consultative Report (2009)
On frustration:
CTI Group Inc v Transclear SA (The Mary Nour)
On Damages:
Transfield Shipping v Mercator Shipping (The Achilleas) and Golden Strait Corp v Nippon Yusa Kubishika Kaisha
Online Resource Centre
* Updates
* Web links
Readership: Suitable for undergraduate students undertaking a contract law module as part of their degree programme.
1: Introduction to the study of contract law2: Formation of the contract3: Certainty and completeness4: Consideration5: Promissory estoppel6: Intention to create legal relations7: Express and implied terms8: Classification of terms9: Exemption clauses10: Exemption clauses and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 197711: Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 199912: Mistake13: Misrepresentation14: Duress and undue influence15: Illegality16: Unconscionability and unfairness17: Capacity18: Privity and third party rights19: Performance and breach20: The doctrine of frustration21: Remedies22: An outline of the law of restitution
Laurence Koffman, Reader in Law, University of Sussex, and Elizabeth Macdonald, Professor of Law, Swansea University
