Contract Law - McKendrick, Ewan
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This best selling text provides a clear and straightforward account of the basic rules of English contract law. Contract Law introduces the current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law and discusses the wider controversies which surround some of the basic doctrines. This text is praised time and again by lecturers and students for being compact yet comprehensive in coverage, well written, well-structured, and an overall stimulating read. This new edition has been updated to take account of all recent major developments in the law of contract.
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Produktbeschreibung
This best selling text provides a clear and straightforward account of the basic rules of English contract law. Contract Law introduces the current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law and discusses the wider controversies which surround some of the basic doctrines. This text is praised time and again by lecturers and students for being compact yet comprehensive in coverage, well written, well-structured, and an overall stimulating read. This new edition has been updated to take account of all recent major developments in the law of contract.

Table of contents:
Table of Cases Table of Statutes Introduction PART ONE: THE FORMATION AND SCOPE OF A CONTRACT Agreement: Clearing the Ground Offer and Acceptance Certainty and Agreement Mistakes Consideration and Form Intention to Create Legal Relations Third Party Rights PART TWO: THE CONTENT OF A CONTRACT What is a Term? The Sources of Contractual Terms The Classification of Contractual Terms Exclusion Clauses PART THREE: POLICING THE CONTRACT A Duty to Disclose Material Facts? Misrepresentation Common Mistake and Frustration Illegality Capacity Duress, Undue Influence, and Inequality of Bargaining Power PART FOUR: PERFORMANCE, DISCHARGE AND REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT Performance and Discharge of the Contract Breach of Contract Damages for Breach of Contract Obtaining an Adequate Remedy Bibliography Index
Autorenporträt
EWAN McKENDRICK is Herbert Smith Professor of English Private Law and a Pro-Vice-Chancellor in the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is the author of a number of articles on aspects of commercial law, contract law and tort, and he is an editor of Chitty on Contracts. He is also a barrister in practice with a leading set of commercial chambers in London.