- New generation of law textbook that presents contract law in a visually appealing manner with diagrams and boxed
features to help explain the complexities of the subject and to bring it to life
- Clarity of explanation using everyday language makes critical debate and difficult areas of the law readily accessible
- Colour diagrams, flowcharts, and tables provide a visual representation of the complexities of the law, thereby helping
students to easily put these into context
- Counterpoint and reflection boxes encourage students to reflect on their reading and to fully consider counter arguments
- Key points and questions are clearly listed at the end of each chapter and encourage students to assess their
understanding and prepare for their revision
- Supported by a website (Online Resource Centre) providing updates, annotated web-links and guidance on self-test
questions, ensuring that students are kept up to date with developments and know how to approach questions on the
subject area
- New to the website are PowerPoint slides with accompanying audio files, voiced by the author, explaining how the
diagrams in the book came together and how these can be interpreted
- Available on the website is a fully customisable test bank of multiple choice questions for lecturers to test their students' progress and understanding
New to this edition
- Thoroughly updated throughout with special attention paid to the introductory chapter and chapter 12 Direct Control
Over Terms, in the light of the Law Commission Report on Unfair Terms
- On the website, PowerPoint slides with accompanying audio files, voiced by the author, explain how to interpret the
diagrams in the book
This textbook provides a unique approach to contract law, employing the use of numerous diagrams and boxes to help explain the subject and bring it to life. Written by a leading contract lawyer with extensive teaching experience, the book uses an informal, lively, and analytical style to explain the intricacies of contract law and the questions that arise during the life of a contract. The book is also accompanied by a wide-ranging web site to support the use of the book in teaching.
Online Resource Centre
For Students
* Updates
* Web links to key cases and legislation
* Guidance to textbook questions
* Two additional chapters: Incapacity, and Illegality and Public Policy
* PowerPoint slides of the diagrams with audio (by the author) to show how these are to be interpreted
For Lecturers
* Diagrams from the book
* Test bank
features to help explain the complexities of the subject and to bring it to life
- Clarity of explanation using everyday language makes critical debate and difficult areas of the law readily accessible
- Colour diagrams, flowcharts, and tables provide a visual representation of the complexities of the law, thereby helping
students to easily put these into context
- Counterpoint and reflection boxes encourage students to reflect on their reading and to fully consider counter arguments
- Key points and questions are clearly listed at the end of each chapter and encourage students to assess their
understanding and prepare for their revision
- Supported by a website (Online Resource Centre) providing updates, annotated web-links and guidance on self-test
questions, ensuring that students are kept up to date with developments and know how to approach questions on the
subject area
- New to the website are PowerPoint slides with accompanying audio files, voiced by the author, explaining how the
diagrams in the book came together and how these can be interpreted
- Available on the website is a fully customisable test bank of multiple choice questions for lecturers to test their students' progress and understanding
New to this edition
- Thoroughly updated throughout with special attention paid to the introductory chapter and chapter 12 Direct Control
Over Terms, in the light of the Law Commission Report on Unfair Terms
- On the website, PowerPoint slides with accompanying audio files, voiced by the author, explain how to interpret the
diagrams in the book
This textbook provides a unique approach to contract law, employing the use of numerous diagrams and boxes to help explain the subject and bring it to life. Written by a leading contract lawyer with extensive teaching experience, the book uses an informal, lively, and analytical style to explain the intricacies of contract law and the questions that arise during the life of a contract. The book is also accompanied by a wide-ranging web site to support the use of the book in teaching.
Online Resource Centre
For Students
* Updates
* Web links to key cases and legislation
* Guidance to textbook questions
* Two additional chapters: Incapacity, and Illegality and Public Policy
* PowerPoint slides of the diagrams with audio (by the author) to show how these are to be interpreted
For Lecturers
* Diagrams from the book
* Test bank