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The sixteenth edition of this established and popular text provides clear and commercially-focused coverage of contract law. Case-driven content and succinct explanations are combined with summaries, questions, and examples to allow students to gain a sound understanding of the theory and application of contract law principles.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction to the law of contract
- Part 1 Formation
- 2: Agreement
- 3: Enforceability of promises: consideration and promissory estoppel
- 4: Intention to be legally bound, formalities and capacity to contract
- Part 2 Content, Interpretation, Performance and Privity
- 5: Content of the contract and principles of interpretation
- 6: Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms
- 7: Privity of contract and third party rights
- Part 3 Vitiating Factors
- 8: Mistake
- 9: Misrepresentation
- 10: Duress, undue influence, and unconscionable bargains
- 11: Illegality
- Part 4 Discharge by Frustration, Breach, and Remedies
- 12: Discharge by frustration: subsequent impossibility
- 13: Breach of contract
- 14: Damages for breach of contract
- 15: Remedies for providing specific relief and restitutionary remedies
About the author
Robert Merkin KC is Professor of Law, University of Reading; Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Exeter; and Special Counsel to Duncan Cotterill. Robert has written a number of texts and articles on contract, insurance and arbitration. He is co-editor of the
Lloyd's Law Reports. He was appointed Queen's Counsel (honoris causa) in 2015 and was awarded a higher doctorate by Cardiff University in the same year. In 2018 Rob became Honorary Life President of the International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA). He has co-edited the book
Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole: Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Laws (Routledge, 2018).
Séverine Saintier is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Cardiff. She is currently co-I with Exeter law colleague Dr Vessio in the externally funded and multidisciplinary project on circularity and the blockchain (https://circularrevolution.wales/about/) with Exeter Business School, Swansea University and Riversimple. She has co-edited
Vulnerable Consumers and the Law,
Consumer Protection and Access to Justice (Routledge, 2020) and written a number of articles for leading journals including the
Journal of Business Law and the
European Review of Private Law. Séverine is co-author with Robert of the privity chapter in
Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole: Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Laws (Routledge, 2018).
Summary
The sixteenth edition of this established and popular text provides clear and commercially-focused coverage of contract law. Case-driven content and succinct explanations are combined with summaries, questions, and examples to allow students to gain a sound understanding of the theory and application of contract law principles.
