Restatement of the English Law of Contract

A comprehensive guide to the law of contract in England and Wales, this Restatement comprises a number of clear and succinct rules, supported by extensive commentary. This new edition is updated with over 30 new cases and legislation to support and expand on the area of contract law.

List of contents

• A Restatment of the English Law of Contract


• Commentary


• Part 1: General


• Part 2: Formation and Variation of Contract


• Part 3: Terms of a Contract


• Part 4: Legislative Control of Exemption Clauses and Unfair Terms


• Part 5: Breach of Contract and Remedies for Breach


• Part 6: Frustration of Contract


• Part 7: Factors Rendering a Contract Defective


• Part 8: Privity of Contract and Third Parties

About the author

Andrew Burrows, MA, DCL, LLM (Harvard), QC (Hon), FBA (the Rt Hon Lord Burrows) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Oxford University Law Faculty (where he was previously a full-time law professor) and is a quondam Fellow of All Souls College. He was the first judge of the highest court to be appointed direct from academia. Between 1994 and 1999 he served as a Law Commissioner for England and Wales. He was President of the Society of Legal Scholars 2015-16.

Summary

A comprehensive guide to the law of contract in England and Wales, this Restatement comprises a number of clear and succinct rules, supported by extensive commentary. This new edition is updated with over 30 new cases and legislation to support and expand on the area of contract law.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Burrows, Andrew (Justice of the Supreme Court Burrows
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2020
• EAN: 9780198869856
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886985-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Corporate, LAW / Contracts, contract law, Company, commercial & competition law, Legal system: general, Legal systems: general, Company, commercial and competition law: general