Contract Law

Significantly streamlined and updated, this second edition provides a clear introduction to all topics in the contract law curriculum.

Neil Andrews (Author)

9781107061682, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 14 May 2015

703 pages
25.5 x 18.4 x 3.4 cm, 1.54 kg

'This book endeavours to rise above the increasing volume and complexity of this important subject by introducing readers to its general themes, principles and rules, with an awareness of international influences on its modern development. It combines a distillation of its core elements with careful and thorough guidance to enhance understanding, so as to enable students to learn to find their way through the thicket of modern contract law and practices.' Francis Rose, University of Southampton

Significantly streamlined and updated, the second edition of Andrews' Contract Law now provides a clear and succinct examination of all of the topics in the contract law curriculum. Chapters direct students to the most important decisions in case law and employ a two-level structure to integrate short judicial excerpts into detailed discussion and analysis. Exploration of the law's 'loose ends' strengthens students' ability to effectively analyse case law, and new end-of-chapter questions, which focus on both core aspects of the law and interesting legal loopholes, assist students in preparing for exams. Students are guided through chapter material by concise chapter overviews and a two-colour text design that highlights important chapter elements. Suggestions for further reading and a rich bibliography, which point readers to important pieces of contemporary literature and provide a springboard for deeper investigation of particular topics, lend further support for student learning.

Part I. Introduction: 1. Main features of contract law
Part II. Formation: 2. The pre-contractual phase
3. Offer and acceptance
4. Certainty
Part III. Consideration and Intent to Create Legal Relations: 5. Consideration and estoppel
6. Intent to create legal relations
Part IV. Third Parties and Assignment: 7. Third parties
8. Assignment
Part V. Vitiating Elements: 9. Misrepresentation
10. Mistake
11. Duress, undue influence and unconscionability
Part VI. Terms and Interpretation: 12. Terms in general
13. Implied terms
14. Interpretation and rectification of written contracts
15. Exclusion clauses and 'unfair terms'
Part VII. Breakdown and Liability: 16. Frustration
17. Breach and performance
Part VIII. Remedies for Breach: 18. Judicial remedies for breach of contract
19. Consensual remedies for breach of contract: liquidated damages and deposits
Part IX. Illegality and Public Policy: 20. The illegality doctrine
Part X. The Future: 21. The 'good faith' debate
22. Codification
23. International and European 'soft law' codes: lessons for English law?

Subject Areas: Contract law [LNCJ], Company, commercial & competition law [LNC], Law [L]