The Law of Contract
Seventh Edition
ISBN13: 9780199570201ISBN10: 0199570205
Paperback,
720 pages
May 2010,
In Stock
Price:
$74.95 (06)Description
The Law of Contract offers a clear, non-technical explanation of the principles of contract law combined with a focus on case summaries throughout. The book's strengths lie in the authors' highly praised explanation of the law, their ability to demystify difficult concepts without losing academic rigour, and use of case summaries, quotations, and analysis to explain the law of contract.The seventh edition has been fully updated to include discussion and summaries of key cases including:
On certainty and completeness:
Schweppe v Harper
Forstater v Dweck and Another
Bear Stearns Bank Plc v Forum Global Equity Ltd
On intention to create legal relations:
Wilson & Anr v Burnett
New Testament Church of God v Stewart
On Remedies:
WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature v World Wrestling Federation
Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc (The Achilleas)
Online Resource Centre
* Updates
* Web links
Features
- Provides a full explanation of contract law by drawing on key cases to illustrate how common law works in practice
- Succinct case summaries enable students to get to the essential elements of a case with ease
- Chapter summaries allow students to check that they have taken away the key points discussed in each chapter, whilst recommendations for further reading mean they can research the topics that interest them
- The book is supported by an Online Resource Centre providing updates and web links, to help students keep abreast of new developments
About the Author(s)
Laurence Koffman is Reader in Law at the University of Sussex. He is also Director of Taught Programmes for the Sussex Institute (a School within the University of Sussex, comprising the departments of Law, Education, Social Work and Social Care, and the Centre for Continuing Education).
Elizabeth Macdonald is Professor of Law at Swansea University. Within the broad field of contract law she has a special interest in, inter alia exemption clauses, damages, duress, and undue influence.
