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Contract Law - Ewan McKendrick

Contract Law

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Buch | Hardcover
504 Seiten
2025 | 16th edition
Hart Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-350-50822-4 (ISBN)
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This best-selling, fully-updated textbook by leading expert Ewan McKendrick KC provides a clear account of the basic rules of contract law, while also introducing current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law and discussing wider controversies surrounding the basic doctrines.
This best-selling core textbook is written by the leading expert in the field. Its comprehensive coverage and incisive analysis gives students the edge in coursework and exams. Unrivalled for its clarity of explanation, it expertly links contractual judicial legal theory, practice to practical contractual issues to provide students with a deep understand of contract law.
It discusses both current debates and the wider controversies surrounding basic doctrines of contract law and explores the fundamental concepts of contract law in a clear, engaging and succinct style.
The end-of-chapter learning features include chapter summaries which break down the key elements of each chapter and serve as a refresher for students and act as an excellent revision tool. The end-of-chapter exercises encourage student engagement and increase deeper understanding of the topics.
Fully updated with the latest developments in the law, it makes an ideal core text for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Ewan McKendrick KC (Hon) is Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford, UK, and Professor of Anglo-American Private Law at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.

1. Introduction

Part I: The Formation and Scope of a Contract
2. Agreement: Clearing the Ground
3. Offer and Acceptance
4. Certainty and Agreement Mistakes
5. Consideration and Form
6. Intention to Create Legal Relations
7. Third Party Rights

Part II: The Content of a Contract
8. What is a Term?
9. The Sources of Contractual Terms
10. The Classification of Contractual Terms
11. Exclusion Clauses

Part III: Policing the Contract
12. A Duty to Disclose Material Facts?
13. Misrepresentation
14. Common Mistake and Frustration
15. Illegality
16. Capacity
17. Duress, Undue Influence and Inequality of Bargaining Power
18. Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts

Part IV: Performance, Discharge and Remedies for Breach of Contract
19. Performance and Discharge of the Contract
20. Breach of Contract
21. Damages for Breach of Contract
22. Obtaining an Adequate Remedy

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.3.2026
Reihe/Serie Hart Law Masters
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 169 x 244 mm
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht
ISBN-10 1-350-50822-5 / 1350508225
ISBN-13 978-1-350-50822-4 / 9781350508224
Zustand Neuware
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