Full Description
The market-leading stand-alone guide to contract law from a renowned lawyer; authoritative, comprehensive, and supportive. Comprising a unique balance of 60% text to 40% cases and materials, Contract Law: Text, Cases, and Materials combines the best features of a textbook with those of a traditional casebook. This unique balance shows students the law at work, aiding then in gaining a thorough understanding of contract law.
Key Features:
- Combines author text with extracts from cases and materials; can be used as a stand-alone text on contract law
- Written by an experienced author and leading authority in the field, renowned for his eloquent and accessible writing style
- Extensive referencing throughout the book supports students as they undertake independent research
- Complemented by online resources with extra material on illegality and incapacity, updates, multiple choice questions and web links
New to this edition:
- Coverage of, and commentary upon, the decision of the Supreme Court in Guest v Guest
- Coverage of, and commentary upon, the decision of the Supreme Court in Barton v Morris
- Coverage of, and commentary upon, the decision of the Supreme Court in The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc v Ukraine
- Coverage of, and commentary upon, the decision of the Privy Council in Nature Resorts Ltd v First Citizens Bank Ltd
- Coverage of, and commentary upon, the decision of the Court of Appeal in Re Compound Photonics Group Ltd
Digital formats and resources:
The eleventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book and Law Trove offer a mobile experience and convenient access along with accompanying online resources, functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support.
For more information about e-books, please visit www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
Contents
1: Introduction
Part 1: Formation
2: Agreement: Objective or Subjective?
3: Offer and Acceptance
4: Uncertain and Incomplete Agreements
5: Consideration and Promissory Estoppel
6: Formalities
7: Intention to Create Legal Relations
Part 2: Terms
8: The Terms of Contract
9: Incorporation of Terms
10: Implied Terms
11: The Interpretation of Contracts
12: Boilerplate Clauses
13: Exclusion Clauses
14: Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
15: Good Faith
Part 3: Setting the Contract Aside
16: Mistake
17: Misrepresentation
18: Duress
19: Undue Influence
20: Unconscionability and Inequality of Bargaining Power
21: Frustration and Force Majeure
Part 4: Remedies for Breach
22: Breach of Contract and Termination
23: Damages
24: Specific Performance
Part 5: Third Party Rights
25: Third Parties
26: Online Chapter: Incapacity
27: Online Chapter: Illegality
