Contract Law 7th ed (eBook)
ISBN13: 9780192664778
Published: May 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: UK
Format: eBook
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Written by a leading contract lawyer with extensive teaching experience, Contract Law takes a unique approach to a complex subject.
Chen-Wishart combines academic rigour with an innovative visual approach, presenting the law with diagrams, flowcharts and tables to provide students with a stimulating account of key principles and an engaging analysis of the complexities of contract law. Thought-provoking analytical features, such as the 'Pause for reflection' and 'Counterpoint' boxes, encourage active and critical engagement with the topics.
- Presents contract law in a visually appealing manner with diagrams, flowcharts, and tables to illuminate the subject and bring it to life
- Gives an overview of the interests, values, and concerns that arise in each area of contract law, and full coverage of contract law's complexities and controversies
- Counterpoint and reflection boxes encourage students to critically assess the law and to engage in the constructive process of law reform
- Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
New to this Edition:
- The chapter on agreement includes a deeper discussion of contract formation by electronic means
- The impact of Brexit has been included as relevant (most notably in the introductory chapter and the chapters on frustration and direct control over terms)
- The chapter on duress includes duress by certain acts of one state against another, and examines the impact of the Supreme Court decision in Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd (2021) on the scope of lawful act duress
- The chapter on damages examines the uncertain scope of negotiating damages in the light of the Supreme Court decision in Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd (2018)
- The chapter on good faith has been substantially revised and discusses the pros and cons of recognising good faith, its meaning and demands, and how it is already manifest in the current law
