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This established text provides a 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 with reference to the leading and most recent caselaw. 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: #725198 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

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 sixth edition includes a full discussion of the emerging authorities under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999, including Director General of Fair Trading v First National Bank which provides a House of Lords authority as to whether a term in a contract is unfair or not. The text also analyses the House of Lords' decision in Farley v Skinner relating to damages for speculative and non-pecuniary losses. In response to the view of their Lordships in this case, the author provides a detailed consideration of losses for 'distress and inconvenience' including analysis of the earlier Court of Appeal decisions in Watts v Morrow and Ruxley Electronics and Construction Ltd v Forsyth. In the area of unilateral mistake as to identity, commentary is now included on Shogun Finance Ltd vHudson. The text alsodiscusses the Court of Appeal decision in Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd in relation to the legal basis of mistake in equity.  In Chapter 11, the section on undue influence has been completely rewritten to take account of the recent House of Lords case, Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No 2).

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 Head of the Department of Law, 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.

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. Visit the Foundation Studies in Law website at www.booksites.net/fsls for regular updates.

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.