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First or second year LLB courses in contract law in law departments. One-year full-time or two-year part-time CPE (common professional examination) or Diploma courses in law departments. Courses in contract law taken by students not taking law as a main discipline. A well-established, concise, clear and up-to-date explanation of the main principles and doctrines of contract law. The author presents the law in a readable and accessible form by setting out the general principles of the subject with reference to the leading and most recent cases. Each chapter includes extensive details of recommended further reading, referencing other law books, cases, and articles in a variety of legal journals. These sections are designed to encourage a more complete understanding of the wider issues that surround this increasingly complex subject.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #446805 in Books
- Published on: 2001-09-11
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 496 pages
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From the Back Cover
Law of Contract is well established as a concise, clear and up-to-date explanation of the main principles of contract law. The author presents the law in a readable and accessible form by setting out the general principles of the subject with reference to the leading and most recent cases.
The fifth edition now fully incorporates discussion of the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, the main provisions of which have been dealt with in Bill form in previous editions. The author also discusses the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999, which address some of the criticisms made of the 1994 regulations. In the area of illegality, the section on contracts in restraint of trade has been redrafted to take into the account the changes wrought by the Competition Act 1998. In the area of mistake, commentary is now included on Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington London Borough Council and the overturning decision in Kleinwort Benson v Lincoln City Council. The first case arising from the Kleinwort decision, Nurdin and Peacock plc v D B Ramsden and Co Ltd, is also analysed. In the area of undue influence, the author focusses his analysis on the decision in Barclays Bank v Coleman in which what was formerly regarded as the fundamental requirement of manifest disadvantage in undue influence has been questioned. In the area of exception to privity, the analysis of Dunlop v Lambert has been broadened and deepened, and the House of Lords decision in Alfred McAlpine v Panatown has been commented on. In the area of sale of goods, the author also analyses the effect of the Court of Appeal decision in Rogers v Stevenson.
Each chapter includes extensive details of recommended further reading, referencing other law books, cases, and articles in a variety of legal journals. These sections are designed to encourage a more complete understanding of the wider issues that surround this increasingly complex subject.
Paul Richards is a Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Huddersfield. He has many years experience as a lecturer in contract, land law and trusts, and is an examiner and moderator for various bodies.
About this series
The accessible and readable books in this series are written for law students for the foundation subjects required on law degrees and on postgraduate common professional examination courses. Ideal for part-time and distance-learning courses as well as modularised traditional courses, the books are intended to be used in conjunction with other sources, such as law reports and case books.
Other titles currently available in this series
Constitutional and Administrative Law ● Criminal Law ● Law of the European Community ● Land Law ● Law of Tort ● Trusts and Equity
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About the Author
Paul Richards, Principal Lecturer in Law, University of Huddersfield
Customer Reviews
Do not buy this book
I am currently studying a Post Graduate Diploma in Law, of which this is the core text for Contract. I'm not sure which text the previous reviewers have studied, but I have found this book to be overly wordy and impenitrable. The auther is quite obviously impressed by his own intelligence and tries to show the reader by offering up the most incomprehensible examples possible in the worst english. The true test of a good teacher is being able to explain difficult concepts; the more complex the concept he tackles the worse this book gets. When I'm not tearing my hair out in frustration, my husband (who is a solicitor and doesn't understand it either) and I have a laugh at how badly this book is written. I'm not sure if it is a case of the emperor's new clothes, but I haven't found this book helpful in the least; and I stand by what I was taught at school - if you can't read a sentence in one breath then it is bad english. Please stick to your day job Mr Richards, and don't write any more text books.
A must for all LLB Students
Over the years this book has been a vauable tool for the budding law student and this edition is no different. The language is very accesible and each topic is explained in a consise and professional manner making the whole process of learning contract law a less frightening experience. i would defintely recommend this as a must have text book for all those interested in the law of contract.
a book you can't do without on a law degree
this book goes through every single section of contratc law that is studied in a LLb degree course and makes it easier to understand law without all its Jargon.
