Jill Poole's Casebook on Contract Law provides a clear and well-structured exposition of the principles of contract law using a comprehensive selection of cases, and addresses all aspects covered on undergraduate courses. Key extracts chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases illustrate how and why legal decisions are made.
Provides text judgements and separate opinions of key cases decided in the European Court of Human Rights. This title offers a selection of significant cases from the European Court of Human Rights that are of direct and immediate relevance to criminal and commercial lawyers alike. The cases are headnoted by practising human rights lawyers.
Lays out the key principles which underlie that body of law known as the law of restitution. This book states that restitutionary remedies are triggered by three different types of action: the reversal of the defendant's unjust enrichment; the commission of a wrong by the defendant; and the vindication of the claimant's property rights.
Course Notes supports revision of the essential modules of undergraduate and conversion GDL/CPE law degree courses by demonstrating good practice in creating and maintaining the ideal revision notes and actively encouraging you to acquire the analytical skills you will need for exam success.
This new edition of Contract Law is the essential guide to the life of a contract from negotiation, formation and execution right through to the ending of a contract and subsequent remedies. The second edition offers a modern, engaging account of all aspects of contract law.
Contract Law offers a uniquely visual approach to legal learning. Numerous diagrams complement an academically rigorous account of the law in this innovative book. Written by a leading contract lawyer, the book employs a lively and analytical style to explain the intricacies of the subject and facilitate understanding of its complex debates.
Contract Law covers the fundamental principles of contract law. Presented in a clear and accessible format, the text adopts an engaging style and explains the law in a critical and evaluative approach. Use of topical and relevant practical examples help draw out key principles and introductions to parts seek to link the law into its wider context.
A new edition of this popular and highly respected text, providing a concise and readable guide to contract law for those embarking on a first degree or conversion course in law. Fully revised and updated, the book combines a clear and straightforward account of the basic rules with coverage of many of the subject's more complex issues.
Designed to introduce the lawyer who is trained in a civil law jurisdiction to the method of reasoning in the common law, and in particular to the English law of contract, this book explains the principles of the law of contract in English law. It covers various aspects of a contract, from its formation to the remedies available for breach.
This textbook offers a unique approach to contract law as it incorporates numerous diagrams and boxes to help visually describe the subject and bring it to life. The author uses an informal, lively, and analytical style to explain the intricacies of contract law, and the book is accompanied by an extensive website.
Covers the Contract Law option of the A-level law syllabus, and provides at the same time an introduction for anybody coming to the subject for the first time. This book covers all A-level syllabuses/specification requirements, and is written by the principal examiner in Contract Law for one of the major examination boards.
Contract Law covers the fundamental principles of contract law. Presented in a clear and accessible format, the text adopts an engaging style and explains the law in a critical and evaluative approach. Use of topical and relevant practical examples help draw out key principles and introductions to parts seek to link the law into its wider context.
Ewan McKendrick's celebrated text provides everything needed for the study of contract law at undergraduate level. With a unique balance of 40% text to 60% cases and materials, the book combines the best features of a textbook with those of a traditional casebook, ensuring students gain a broad-ranging and contextualised understanding of the law.
McKendrick provides an excellent, readable guide to contract law for those embarking on a first degree or conversion course in law. The book contains all the key information as well as more complex issues to serve as a valuable course companion, but equally to aid revision in preparation for exams.
Comprises a selection of cases and materials that illustrate the Contract Law and place it within its legal and commercial context. This is a useful text for undergraduate contract law students, and is also useful for students embarking on postgraduate study.
This text presents traditional concepts on contract law using recent cases. Each chapter begins with objectives and concludes with a summary. Each topic is illustrated by a substantial extract from one or more main cases. Occasionally a short"ation may be taken from other cases.
Provides a comprehensive treatment of the various aspects of the law of contract. This book includes coverage of remedies for breach of contract, the rules for assigning contractual rights, unfair terms in consumer contracts; analysis of important Court of Appeal decision in Graves v Graves concerning whether a contract is void; and, more.
Examines claims involving unjust enrichment and public bodies in France, England and the EU. This book also examines the extent to which the two relevant issues, public law and unjust enrichment, are defined in EU law, and to what extent this remains a task for the domestic courts.
Presents an easy-to-use fold out map. This map provides spider-diagrams and flowcharts to provide a concise, authoritative revision accessory, giving students an at-a-glance tool for understanding how the different topics within each subject are connected. It can be pinned to walls to make the revision process easier and aid in student's research.
Presenting a comprehensive and timely examination of remedies for breach of contract, this book analyses and challenges fundamental features of English contract law. Drawing on a comparative study of French law, it argues that contractual remedies in England should be strengthened to better protect the parties' expectations of performance.
The means by which parties formally and informally altering the bargains into which they have entered are contained within the doctrines of waiver, variation and estoppel. This volume provides definitions of these difficult doctrines together with a detailed analysis of how they apply throughout the commercial law in doctrine and practice.
Contains Contract Law, 8th edition plus Core Statutes on Contract, Tort and Restitution 2010-2011. These texts provide undergraduate students with the essential knowledge, skills and understanding required for success in Contract Law, featuring Mckendrick's widely praised textbook.
Ewan McKendrick's celebrated text provides everything needed for the study of contract law at undergraduate level. With a unique balance of 40% text to 60% cases and materials, the book combines the best features of a textbook with those of a traditional casebook, ensuring students gain a broad-ranging and contextualised understanding of the law.
Contract Law Directions is written in an informal and engaging style with an emphasis on explaining the key topics covered on contract law courses with clarity. No previous knowledge is assumed, making this an ideal text for those encountering contract law for the first time.
David Ibbetson exposes the historical layers beneath the modern rules and principles of contract, tort, and unjust enrichment. Small-scale changes caused by lawyers exploiting procedural advantages in their clients' interest are described and analyzed.
Explains the common law doctrine through an examination of the historical development of the doctrine in English law. Beginning with an overview of contractual mistakes in Roman law, this book examines how theories of mistake were received at various points into English contract law from Roman and civil law sources.
Complements 'black letter' treatments of contract by looking at legal doctrine and statutes in their social, political and economic contexts. This title helps students in understanding of the law of contract as well as convinces them why it is so important to us.
A collection of sample entertainment contracts along with discussions of the concepts and terms contained therein. It contains 62 contracts covering: depiction and copyright release; literary submission and sale; artist employment; collaboration; music; financing; production; distribution; and, merchandising and retainers.
This collection of essays brings together the work of many of the world's leading Contract Law scholars. It focuses upon a common central theme---the question of good faith and fair dealing in the Law of Contract. The work should be of interest to scholars of Private Law in both Common and Civil Law jurisdictions.
Charts the significant increase in Britain over the years in the deployment of contract as a regulatory mechanism across a broad spectrum of social relationships. This book critically analyzes and evaluates such contractual arrangements with reference to theories of relational contract and responsive regulation.
Provides readers with an introduction to the theories, policies, and ideas that underlie the law, identifying an equal emphasis on the law and critical analysis. This sixth edition places the law of contract in a modern context and accounts for developments in the law, as well as those in academic thinking and writing.
Q & A Law of Contract offers a lifeline to students revising for exams. It provides clear guidance from experienced examiners on how best to tackle exam questions, and gives students the opportunity to practise their exam technique and assess their progress.
Explores the philosophical concept of 'exploitation' in the law relating to the formation of contracts. This volume discusses the criteria for a claim of 'legal contractual exploitation'. It examines the consequences of this conception of exploitation upon the contract law doctrines of unconscionable dealing, duress, and undue influence.
An examination of the theoretical foundations of the common law of contract. Focusing on contemporary debates in contract theory, this book aims to help readers understand the nature and justification of the general idea of contractual obligation, as well as the nature and justification of the particular rules that make up the law of contract.
This edition takes into consideration the revisions of the Landfill Tax, Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act, and Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act. There are minor alterations to the contract that bring the wording into line with the Design and Construct Conditions of Contract.
The 29th edition of Anson's Law of Contract provides an authoritative and detailed account of contract law. This renowned textbook is essential reading for any student of contract law, and a valuable source of reference for practitioners and academics.
Offers coverage of the topics commonly found in the contract law syllabus with illustrative case examples and commentary. This book takes account of a variety of theoretical perspectives, including economic, relational and empirical conceptions of the law.
Contract Law Directions is written in an informal and engaging style with an emphasis on explaining the key topics covered on contract law courses with clarity. No previous knowledge is assumed, making this an ideal text for those encountering contract law for the first time.
Presents an account of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which introduced the Lasting Powers of Attorney, enabling the attorney to make personal welfare and healthcare decisions on behalf of the donor of the power. This work examines the duties and responsibilities that will remain in relation to enduring powers of attorney.
Provides a collection of the Contract, Tort and Restitution statutes that is suitable for all law undergraduate and GDL/CPE courses. These books are compiled by experienced lecturers and examiners. They are suited to exam use as the statutes are listed both alphabetically and by date.
Liquidated damages and extensions of time are complex subjects, frequently forming the basis of contract claims made under the standard building and civil engineering contracts. Suitable for both construction industry professionals and lawyers, this guide includes chapters on delay analysis, penalty clauses, and the complexities of causation.
Examines in detail the English doctrine of anticipatory breach, a hugely important subject in terms of both contract theory and commercial practice. In this book, the author argues for a reformulation which follows a more rational, coherent and refined theoretical framework. It is suitable for academics, practitioners and law students alike.
Nutcases provide in-depth case analysis of the facts, principles and decision of the most important cases in an area of law. They include a number of features such as boxed "think points" to make them easy to use and retain the information. Nutcases are an essential revision aid and ideal for getting fully up to speed with a new subject.
Provides an overview of the principal themes of the law of contract. This book explores the context of the development of Contract Law, and considers the many changes the law has undergone. It also includes various issues and cases, including the Europeanization of Contract Law and the Great Peace Shipping case.
Written by two leading authorities in the field, The Law of Contract is the perfect student companion, providing a concise overview of the fundamental principles of contract law, demystifying complex areas without oversimplification. Accessible and engaging, this invaluable text is the ideal guide to the core of this key subject.
This revised edition has been updated and expanded to include a new essay on freedom of contract and the New Right, which charts the latest shift in the development of contract law. The author argues that this shift can be traced to the New Right's advocacy of political and economic freedom.