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This best-selling core textbook is written by the leading expert in the field. Its comprehensive coverage and incisive analysis gives students the edge in coursework and exams. Unrivalled for its clarity of explanation, it expertly links contractual judicial legal theory, practice to practical contractual issues to provide students with a deep understand of contract law.
It discusses both current debates and the wider controversies surrounding basic doctrines of contract law and explores the fundamental concepts of contract law in a clear, engaging and succinct style.
The end-of-chapter learning features include chapter summaries which break down the key elements of each chapter and serve as a refresher for students and act as an excellent revision tool. The end-of-chapter exercises encourage student engagement and increase deeper understanding of the topics.
Fully updated with the latest developments in the law, it makes an ideal core text for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Table of Contents
2. The Scope, Basis and Global Impact of the Law of Contract
Part I: The Formation and Scope of a Contract
3. Agreement: Clearing the Ground
4. Offer and Acceptance
5. Certainty and Agreement Mistakes
6. Consideration and Form
7. Intention to Create Legal Relations
8. Third Party Rights
Part II: The Content of a Contract
9. What is a Term?
10. The Identification and Incorporation of Contract Terms
11. Interpretation, Implication and Rectification
12. The Classification of Contractual Terms
13. Exclusion Clauses
Part III: Policing the Contract
14. A Duty to Disclose Material Facts?
15. Misrepresentation
16. Common Mistake and Frustration
17. Illegality
18. Capacity
19. Duress, Undue Influence and Inequality of Bargaining Power
20. Good Faith
21. Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
Part IV: Performance, Discharge and Remedies for Breach of Contract
22. Performance and Discharge of the Contract
23. Breach of Contract
24. Damages for Breach of Contract
25. Obtaining an Adequate Remedy
Product details
| Published | 01 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 16th |
| Extent | 656 |
| ISBN | 9781350508224 |
| Imprint | Hart Publishing |
| Dimensions | 244 x 169 mm |
| Series | Hart Law Masters |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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