Synopses & Reviews
If you are new to the study of law then
Koffman and Macdonald's The Law of Contract will provide you with a clear, non-technical account of contract law that will take you through your first year module.
The authors' case summaries, extracts and analyses will show you how the law works in practice, give you a good knowledge of the key cases in the area, and help you to refine your own case-reading skills. Coverage has been carefully reviewed to match undergraduate contract law courses across the country.
About the Author
Elizabeth Macdonald,
Professor of Law, Swansea University,Ruth Atkins,
Lecturer in Law, Aberystwyth UniversityProfessor Elizabeth Macdonald is Professor of Law at Swansea University.
Dr Ruth Atkins is Lecturer in Law at Aberystwyth University.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to the study of contract law
2. Formation of the contract
3. Certainty and completeness
4. Consideration
5. Promissory estoppel
6. Intention to create legal relations
7. Express and implied terms
8. Classification of terms
9. Exemption clauses
10. Exemption clauses and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
11. Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999
12. Mistake
13. Misrepresentation
14. Duress and undue influence
15. Illegality
16. Unconscionability and unfairness
17. Privity and third party rights
18. Performance and breach
19. The doctrine of frustration
20. Damages
21. Specific enforcement
W1. Capacity
W2. An outline of the law of restitution