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A complete guide to contract law in a single volume. 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. The author's clear explanations and analysis of the law provide invaluable support to students, while the extracts from cases and materials promote the development of essential case-reading skills and allow for a more detailed appreciation of the practical workings of the law.
Digital formats and resources:
The tenth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support:www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
- On the accompanying online resources students can find additional support for their studies, including guidance on answering questions in the book, additional chapters, and web links.
List of 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
About the author
Ewan McKendrick is a Professor of Private Law at the University of Leiden. He is an honorary Queen's Counsel, Barrister at 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, London, a Bencher of Gray's Inn, and has published widely in the areas of contract law, commercial law, and tort law. He is one of the editors of Chitty on Contracts.
Summary
Celebrated and respected, this is the stand-alone guide to contract law, written by renowned contract lawyer Professor Ewan McKendrick. It uses a unique balance of commentary, cases, and materials to show students the law at work and help them to gain a thorough understanding.
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An excellent balance between explanation and critical analysis of the law with useful introductory summaries to the chapters, excellent use and selection of extracts from cases and articles, and reference to further reading.
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A comprehensive, well-written book, containing an intelligent selection of extracts from significant cases and legislation, as well as thought-provoking secondary literature. The accompanying discussion is illuminating. Dr Grant Stirling, Lecturer in Law, University of Hull
