Synopses & Reviews
The fifth edition of Ewan McKendrick's
Contract Law: Text, Cases, and Materials provides a complete guide to the subject in a single volume, containing everything needed for the study of contract law at undergraduate level.
Written by an experienced author and leading authority in the field, this is a popular text with students and lecturers alike.
The book comprises a unique balance of 40% text to 60% cases and materials, combining the best features of a textbook with those of a traditional casebook. The author's clear explanations and analyses of the law provide invaluable support to students, while the extracts from cases and materials promote the development of essential case reading skills and allow for a more detailed appreciation of the practical workings of the law, and of the best legal scholarship.
About the Author
Ewan McKendrick is Herbert Smith Professor of English Private Law, Registrar of the University of Oxford, and a fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is a barrister at 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, London, and has published widely in the areas of contract law, commercial law, and tort law. He is one of the editors of Chitty on Contracts.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Part I Formation
2. Agreement: Objective or subjective?
3. Offer and acceptance
4. Uncertain and incomplete agreements
5. Consideration and promissory estoppel
6. Formalities
7. Intention to create legal relations
Part II Terms
8. The terms of the contract
9. Incorporation of terms
10. Implied terms
11. The interpretation of contracts
12. Boilerplate clauses
13. Exclusion clauses
14. Unfair terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
15. Good Faith
Part III Setting the contract aside
16. Mistake
17. Misrepresentation
18. Duress
19. Undue influence
20. Unconscionability and inequality of bargaining power
21. Frustration and force majure
Part IV Remedies for breach
22. Breach of contract and termination
23. Damages
24. Specific Performance
Part V Third party rights
25. Third parties