Product Description

Treitel on Contract remains one of the leading student texts on the subject more than 44 years after it first published. Treitel is renowned for its comprehensive, in-depth coverage of all elements of contract law and is a key source of reference. The author provides detailed analysis of contractual intricacies and guides the reader with practical examples to illustrate his reasoning.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36182 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 1362 pages

About the Author
Penelope Kent is Principal Lecturer in Law at Middlesex University Business School

Customer Reviews

Without a doubt, the best book on contract law out there
This book will not appeal to those who simply want a quick pass in a contract law exam, instead its aimed at those who want a thorough understanding of the subject. The immense detail and breadth of research, coupled with Treitel's logical lines of argument will ensure that this book equips you with a degree of knowledge normally attribututed to your lecturer. Despite debates surrounding its accessibility, I am nevertheless of the view that the book remains the bible of contract law for undergraduate studies.

must have
this is an excellent book for students of law and practioners. Yes, it is complicated and at times difficult. Perhaps this is because the book is written for those students who wish to attain a first or high 2-1 and as a first port of call to practioners. There are other books on Contract Law (and for practioners Chitty on Contract is the best all rounder) but for students of the top rank there is only one book to buy -it is without doubt Tritel.

The last great contract law treatise?
Treitel's 'The Law of Contract' is a classic. Perhaps it will be the last of the great treatises on English contract law, coming from a tradition beginning with Powell's Essay upon the Law of Contracts and Agreements at the end of the eighteenth century, through writers such as Anson and Leake in the nineteenth and ultimately to Treitel in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Quote Treitel and people listen. The fashion has now changed and contract books now contain extracts from cases to save the casual reader an excursion to the library or logging onto Lexis or Westlaw. They are none the worse for this. Ewan McKendrick's book on English contract law is highly recommendable. For those that prefer a historical approach to their contract law, David Ibbetson's 'Introduction to the Law of Obligations' is a superb treatment of the subject. Both McKendrick and Ibbetson are probably more accessible to undergraduates than Treitel. However, as a student advances in his or her understanding of English contract law and is able include the likes of Brian Simpson and Patrick Atiyah within the theories that they are familiar with, having a copy of Treitel to hand, if only to see what the old master has to say on the topic under consideration, is invaluable.

A practical example, on recently looking at the doctrine of consideration, I went through a number of standard textbooks on English contract law to see what they had to say about Rann v. Hughes and was amazed to see how few included it. Of course, it was in Treitel - I should have looked there first.