Contract Law (Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters)

Ewan McKendrick

Palgrave

<p>The Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters series is a long-running and successful list of titles offering clear, concise and authoritative guides to the main subject areas, written by experienced and respected authors. This best-selling, classic text provides a clear and straightforward 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. Praised time and again by both lecturers and students, Contract Law is compact yet comprehensive, well-written, well-structured, stimulating and engaging. This new ninth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent changes in the law and is presented with an enhanced page design. It is essential reading for all students taking undergraduate and GDL/CPE courses in contract law. 'This is a masterly introduction to the English law of contract being lucid and succinct, accurate and incisive. Every stud</p>

Contract Law (Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters) by Ewan McKendrick (2011-06-02)

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Ewan McKendrick has updated this textbook which explores the underlying themes and explains the basic rules of English contract law. He introduces the debates about the nature, scope and functions of this law and discusses the wider controversies which surround some of the basic doctrines. The fourth edition includes a new chapter which considers the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. A number of new cases on exclusion clauses, damages, and duress and undue influence are included. The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 are also discussed.

Contract Law (Palgrave Law Masters)

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The Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters series is a long-running and successful list of titles offering clear, concise and authoritative guides to the main subject areas, written by experienced and respected authors. This best-selling, classic text provides a clear and straightforward 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. Praised time and again by both lecturers and students, Contract Law is compact yet comprehensive, well-written, well-structured, stimulating and engaging. This new tenth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent changes in the law. It is essential reading for all students taking undergraduate and GDL/CPE courses in contract law. Ewan McKendrick is Registrar and Professor of English Private Law in the University of Oxford, where he is also a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is the author of a number of key works on contract law and commercial law, and is an editor of Chitty on Contracts. He is also a barrister in practice with a leading set of commercial chambers in London.

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Social Sciences

Now in its fourth edition, Goode: Commercial Law is still the first port of call for the modern day practitioner with its theoretical and practical coverage of commercial law in both a national and an international context. Brought completely up-to-date by Professor Ewan McKendrick this highly acclaimed and authoritative text, which is regularly cited by all courts from the House of Lords (now the Supreme Court) downwards combines a deep theoretical analysis with a practical approach which examines the theory in the context of typical commercial and financial agreements, both domestic and international. The work is replete with diagrams and specimen forms covering a wide range of transactions. Key changes to this edition include: * Coverage of the relevant legislation and case law since the publication of the third edition * Discussion of the current version of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600) * Consideration of the implications of the House of Lords decision in Spectrum Plus for charges over book debts in particular and floating charges in general * Treatment of the Rome I Regulation as to the law applicable to contractual obligations * Developments in arbitration law, in particular decision of House of Lords in Fiona Trust * Updates to the law of contract and sale of goods, including decisions of the House of Lords on interpretation of contracts, remoteness of damage and rights of rejection.

Goode: Commercial Law

Roy M. Goode

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Lloyd's of London Press

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