Contract Law
Cases and Materials

Contract Law: Cases and Materials presents a selection of well-chosen cases and illuminating commentary ideal for students studying contract law.

Kenneth Yin (Author), Simon Kozlina (Author), Kelly Green (Author), Luca Siliquini-Cinelli (Author), Emmanuel Laryea (Author), Lisa Spagnolo (Author)

9781108435277, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 October 2020

910 pages, 63 b/w illus. 86 tables
24.7 x 17.4 x 4.2 cm, 1.43 kg

Contract Law: Cases and Materials presents a selection of well-chosen cases and illuminating commentary ideal for introducing students to the study of contract law in Australia. Developed to accompany Stewart, Swain and Fairweather's Contract Law: Principles and Context, this casebook maintains the accessibility of the principles text while providing the depth and analysis of topics required to learn contract law. Following the structure of the principles text, this text explores areas not traditionally covered in other casebooks, such as resolving disputes, preparing to make a contract, preliminary agreements, and interpreting contracts. Each chapter also briefly explores contracts in international contexts. Containing well-chosen, carefully curated cases and extracts, Contract Law: Cases and Materials takes a practical approach to student learning and integrates rich pedagogy to build critical thinking and analysis skills, making it an invaluable resource for contract law students.

Part I: Introduction
1. Some basic questions
2. Themes and perspectives
3. Resolving contractual disputes
Part II: Making a contract
4. Preparing to make a contract
5. Formation
6. Preliminary agreements
7. Protecting reliance: the doctrine of estoppel
8. The parties to a contract
Part III: Contractual obligations
9. Terms and obligations
10. Interpreting contracts
11. Limiting or extending liability
12. Performance of contractual obligations
Part IV: Adjusting a contract
13. Varying terms
14. Transferring rights and obligation
15. Impossibility and change of circumstances
Part V: Ending a contract
16. Termination of contracts
17. Consequences of termination
Part VI: Vitiating factors and unfair conduct
18. Misinformation
19. Undue pressure
20. Unconscionability and unfairness
21. Illegality and public policy
Part VII: Remedies
22. Enforcing a contract
23. Damages for breach of contract
24. Restitutionary remedies
Part VIII: International aspects of contract law
25. Contract law in the international context.

Subject Areas: Contract law [LNCJ], Company, commercial & competition law [LNC], Laws of Specific jurisdictions [LN]