The Law of Contract

Clear, straightforward and engaging account of contract law to give you a sound understanding of the subject
Key academic debates are introduced in the text
Authors have experience in both teaching and practising contract law
Self-test questions encourage you to reflect upon your reading with answer guidance available on the accompanying online resource centre
Online Resource Centre also includes two additional chapters, author podcast discussions of key cases, and web links so that you can take your research further

New to this edition

The Law Commission's Revised Advice from March 2013 on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
Geys v Societe Generale, London Branch (on repudiation); Aberdeen City Council v Stewart Mine (on contractual interpretation); Barbudev v Eurocom Cable Management Bulgaria EOOD (on formation and intention to create legal relations); Daventry District Council v Daventry & District Housing (on rectification); Jet2.com Ltd v Blackpool Airport (on certainty and best endeavours); and Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd v Far East Chartering Ltd (on third party rights).
Lictor Anstalt v Mir Steel UK Ltd (on exclusion clauses); Cherry Tree Investments v Landmain (on interpretation); Proactive Sports v Rooney (on restraint of trade); Samarenko v Dawn Hill House Ltd and Howard-Jones v Tate (both on repudiation); John Grimes Partnership Ltd v Gubbins (on remedies and remoteness of damage) and Southcott Estates Inc v Toronto Catholic District School Board (on specific performance and mitigation).

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The Law of Contract provides you with a clear, straightforward, and comprehensive account of the core principles of contract law to give you a sound understanding of the subject. Written by Janet O'Sullivan, Director of Studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Jonathan Hilliard, barrister at Wilberforce Chambers, this text covers all the key topics on LLB and GDL courses and introduces you to current debates in the field.

The authors break down complex problems into manageable steps and self-test questions are provided at the end of each chapter to help you reinforce your learning and aid revision. You can find answer guidance to these questions as well as additional support for your studies, including author podcasts discussing key cases, additional chapters, and web links on the accompanying Online Resource Centre.

Readership: Suitable for undergraduates studying contract law as part of their degree programme.

1: General themes and issues
2: Offer and acceptance I: General principles
3: Offer and acceptance II: Three applications of the general principles
4: Certainty
5: Contracts which fail to materialise
6: Consideration and estoppel
7: Privity
8: Terms of the contract: I
9: Terms of the contract II: Exemption clauses and unfair terms
10: Misrepresentation and non-disclosure
11: Duress
12: Undue influence
13: Unconscionable bargains
14: Common mistake
15: Frustration
16: Discharge of a contract for breach
17: Remedies I: Compensatory damages
18: Remedies II: Specific remedies
19: Remedies III: Other non-compensatory remedies
online: Incapacity
online: Illegality and public policy