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Modern Law of Contract 14th edition [Hardback]

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(University of Lincoln, UK), (Exeter University, UK)
  • Formāts: Hardback, 616 pages, height x width: 246x174 mm, weight: 1319 g, 3 Tables, color; 29 Line drawings, color; 29 Illustrations, color
  • Izdošanas datums: 12-Jan-2022
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0367697998
  • ISBN-13: 9780367697990
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 616 pages, height x width: 246x174 mm, weight: 1319 g, 3 Tables, color; 29 Line drawings, color; 29 Illustrations, color
  • Izdošanas datums: 12-Jan-2022
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0367697998
  • ISBN-13: 9780367697990
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Written by an author team with over 60 years of teaching experience, the new edition of The Modern Law of Contract is the complete textbook for students of contract law, providing not only clear and authoritative commentary but also a selection of learning features to enable students to engage actively with the law. This, the 14th edition, has been fully updated to address recent developments in contract law, including the implications of COVID-19 and the UKs future relationship with the EU. It offers a carefully tailored overview of all key topics for LLB and GDL courses, and includes a number of learning features designed to enhance comprehension and aid exam preparation, including:











boxed chapter summaries that offer a useful checklist for students, and illustrative diagrams to clarify difficult concepts;





Key cases that highlight and contextualise the most significant cases;





For thought features that ask what if scenarios;





In focus features that provide critical commentary on the law.

Also including further reading at the end of each chapter, and a companion website with additional resources, The Modern Law of Contract enables undergraduate and postgraduate students not only to fully understand the essential details of contract law but also to develop a profound and critical understanding of this fundamental area.
Preface xv
Guide to using the book xviii
Guide to the companion website xx
Table of cases xxiii
Table of legislation li
Table of international legislation and instruments lvii
1 Introduction 1(30)
1.1 Overview
1(1)
1.2 Introduction
2(3)
1.3 Contract theory
5(1)
1.4 The classical law of contract
6(2)
1.5 The subject matter of contract law
8(5)
1.6 Discrete and relational transactions
13(2)
1.7 Contract, tort and restitution
15(2)
1.8 A law of contract or law of contracts?
17(3)
1.9 Different approaches to analysing contract
20(3)
1.10 International influences
23(1)
1.11 European influence on English contract law
24(5)
1.12 Further reading
29(2)
2 Forming The Agreement 31(62)
2.1 Overview
31(1)
2.2 Introduction
32(1)
2.3 Deeds and other formalities
33(2)
2.4 General lack of formal requirement
35(1)
2.5 The external signs of agreement
36(1)
2.6 Historical background
37(1)
2.7 Offer
37(10)
2.8 Unilateral and bilateral contracts
47(1)
2.9 Tenders
48(1)
2.10 Auctions
49(2)
2.11 Acceptance
51(9)
2.12 Methods of acceptance
60(21)
2.13 Acceptance and the termination of an offer
81(2)
2.14 Retraction of acceptance
83(3)
2.15 Certainty in offer and acceptance
86(4)
2.16 Summary of key points
90(1)
2.17 Further reading
91(2)
3 Consideration And Other Tests Of Enforceability 93(50)
3.1 Overview
94(1)
3.2 Introduction
94(1)
3.3 Deeds
95(1)
3.4 Consideration or reliance?
96(2)
3.5 Benefit and detriment
98(1)
3.6 Mutual promises
98(2)
3.7 Consideration need not be 'adequate' but must be 'sufficient'
100(4)
3.8 Past consideration is no consideration
104(2)
3.9 Performance of existing duties
106(12)
3.10 Consideration and the variation of contracts
118(2)
3.11 The doctrine of promissory estoppel
120(2)
3.12 Promissory estoppel and consideration
122(7)
3.13 The part payment of debts
129(4)
3.14 Other types of estoppel
133(1)
3.15 Alternative tests of enforceability
134(6)
3.16 Summary of key points
140(1)
3.17 Further reading
141(2)
4 Intention To Create Legal Relations 143(16)
4.1 Overview
143(1)
4.2 Introduction
144(2)
4.3 Domestic agreements
146(4)
4.4 Commercial agreements
150(5)
4.5 Collective agreements
155(1)
4.6 In focus: is a requirement of intention necessary?
156(2)
4.7 Summary of key points
158(1)
4.8 Further reading
158(1)
5 Privity 159(34)
5.1 Overview
159(1)
5.2 Introduction
160(1)
5.3 The rationale for the doctrine
161(3)
5.4 Development of the doctrine
164(4)
5.5 Evading the doctrine
168(1)
5.6 The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
168(6)
5.7 Damages on behalf of another
174(4)
5.8 The trust of a promise
178(1)
5.9 Collateral contracts
179(1)
5.10 The tort of negligence
180(2)
5.11 Statutory exceptions
182(1)
5.12 Privity and exclusion clauses
182(5)
5.13 Imposing burdens: restrictive covenants
187(2)
5.14 The role of the law of tort
189(1)
5.15 Summary of key points
190(1)
5.16 Further reading
190(3)
6 The Contents Of The Contract 193(42)
6.1 Overview
193(1)
6.2 Introduction
194(1)
6.3 Distinction between representations and terms
195(4)
6.4 Remedies for pre-contractual statements
199(4)
6.5 Express terms
203(12)
6.6 Implied terms
215(15)
6.7 The Consumer Rights Act 2015
230(1)
6.8 Statutory controls
231(1)
6.9 Summary of key points
232(1)
6.10 Further reading
232(3)
7 Clauses Excluding Or Limiting Liability 235(48)
7.1 Overview
235(1)
7.2 Introduction
236(2)
7.3 Common law rules
238(1)
7.4 Incorporation
238(6)
7.5 Construction
244(11)
7.6 Statutory controls
255(1)
7.7 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
256(15)
7.8 The Consumer Rights Act 2015
271(9)
7.9 Summary of key points
280(1)
7.10 Further reading
280(3)
8 Misrepresentation 283(34)
8.1 Overview
283(1)
8.2 Introduction
284(4)
8.3 Definition of misrepresentation
288(9)
8.4 Remedies for misrepresentation
297(12)
8.5 Exclusion of liability for misrepresentation
309(5)
8.6 Summary of key points
314(1)
8.7 Further reading
314(3)
9 Mistake 317(32)
9.1 Overview
317(1)
9.2 Introduction
318(1)
9.3 Categories of mistake
319(3)
9.4 Mistakes nullifying agreement ('common mistake')
322(6)
9.5 Mistakes negativing agreement
328(11)
9.6 Mistake in equity
339(2)
9.7 Forms of equitable relief
341(3)
9.8 Contracts signed under a mistake
344(1)
9.9 In focus: conclusions on 'mistake'
345(2)
9.10 Summary of key points
347(1)
9.11 Further reading
347(2)
10 Duress 349(18)
10.1 Overview
349(1)
10.2 Introduction
350(1)
10.3 Duress by threats of violence or other coercion
350(6)
10.4 Economic duress
356(8)
10.5 Remedies for duress
364(1)
10.6 Summary of key points
365(1)
10.7 Further reading
365(2)
11 Undue Influence 367(30)
11.1 Overview
367(1)
11.2 Introduction
368(3)
11.3 Actual undue influence
371(1)
11.4 Presumed influence: recognised relationships
372(2)
11.5 Presumed influence: other relationships
374(2)
11.6 Relevance of the disadvantageous nature of the transaction
376(3)
11.7 Summary of current position on presumed undue influence
379(1)
11.8 Undue influence and third parties
379(10)
11.9 Remedies for undue influence
389(2)
11.10 Unconscionability and inequality of bargaining power
391(3)
11.11 Summary of key points
394(1)
11.12 Further reading
395(2)
12 Illegality And Public Policy 397(36)
12.1 Overview
398(1)
12.2 Introduction
399(1)
12.3 In focus: rationales for the unenforceability of illegal contracts
399(3)
12.4 Categories of illegality
402(8)
12.5 Contracts to indemnify
410(2)
12.6 Effects of illegality: enforcement
412(3)
12.7 Effects of illegality: recovery of money or property
415(2)
12.8 Traditional exceptions to the traditional rule
417(5)
12.9 Severance
422(1)
12.10 In focus: proposals for reform
422(1)
12.11 Agreements contrary to public policy
423(1)
12.12 Contracts concerning marriage
424(2)
12.13 Contracts promoting sexual immorality
426(1)
12.14 Contracts to oust the jurisdiction of the courts
427(2)
12.15 Contracts in restraint of trade
429(1)
12.16 Effect of contracts contrary to public policy
429(1)
12.17 Wagering contracts
430(1)
12.18 Summary of key points
430(1)
12.19 Further reading
431(2)
13 Frustration 433(26)
13.1 Overview
433(1)
13.2 Introduction
434(4)
13.3 Frustrating events
438(5)
13.4 Limitations on the doctrine
443(4)
13.5 Effects of frustration: common law
447(2)
13.6 Effects of frustration: the Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943
449(7)
13.7 Summary of key points
456(1)
13.8 Further reading
456(3)
14 Discharge By Performance Or Breach 459(28)
14.1 Overview
459(1)
14.2 Introduction
460(1)
14.3 Discharge by performance
461(6)
14.4 Tender of performance
467(1)
14.5 Time for performance
467(2)
14.6 Discharge by breach
469(9)
14.7 Some special types of breach
478(2)
14.8 Anticipatory breach
480(1)
14.9 Effect of breach: right of election
481(3)
14.10 Summary of key points
484(1)
14.11 Further reading
485(2)
15 Remedies And Restitution 487(56)
15.1 Overview
487(1)
15.2 Introduction
488(1)
15.3 Damages: purpose
489(3)
15.4 Damages: measure
492(14)
15.5 Non-compensatory damages
506(8)
15.6 Limitations on recovery
514(11)
15.7 Liquidated damages and penalty clauses
525(3)
15.8 Restitution and unjust enrichment
528(6)
15.9 Specific performance
534(5)
15.10 Injunctions
539(1)
15.11 Summary of key points
540(1)
15.12 Further reading
540(3)
Bibliography 543(10)
Index 553
Richard Stone is Emeritus Professor of Law and Human Rights at the University of Lincoln, UK.

James Devenney is Head of the School of Law and Professor of Transnational Commercial Law at the University of Reading, UK and Full Visiting Professor at the UCD Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland.