The Law of Contract

This volume provides an advanced analysis of the law of contract for undergraduate courses covering the law of contract and the law of obligations.

Hugh Collins (Author)

9780521606431, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 1 July 2003

492 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.68 kg

Previous editions of this text have consistently been a favourite amongst common law lawyers. This new edition has been brought fully up-to-date and will be of interest to those studying 'advanced' obligations/common law modules. Undergraduates who study contract courses with a strong socio-legal tradition will also find this text invaluable as it uniquely grounds the nature of contract law in its social and political context.

1. Contract and market
2. The transformation of the law of contract
3. Tests of enforceability
4. Consideration and the exchange model
5. Estoppel and the reliance model
6. The contractualization of social life
7. Ascription of contractual responsibility
8. Coercion and competitive markets
9. The moment of responsibility
10. The duty to negotiate with care
11. Terms
12. Mandatory obligations
13. Fairness
14. The range of liability
15. Co-operation
16. Agreed remedies
17. Judicial remedies.

Subject Areas: Contract law [LNCJ]