Contract Law

The fourth edition of Ewan McKendrick's Contract Law: Text, Cases, and Materials provides a complete guide to the subject in a single volume, containing everything needed for the study of contract law at undergraduate level. Written by an experienced author and leading authority in the field, this is a popular text with students and lecturers alike. The book comprises a unique balance of 40% text to 60% cases and materials, combining the best features of a textbook with those of a traditional casebook. The author's clear explanations and analyses of the law provide invaluable support to students, while the extracts from cases and materials promote the development of essential case reading skills and allow for a more detailed appreciation of the practical workings of the law, and of the best legal scholarship. Online Resource Centre The book is supported by an Online Resource Centre containing updates to the law, useful web links, and extra materials linked to the book. Lecturers have access to a test bank of multiple choice questions and answers.

ISBN 0199579792   Pages 1100 ISBN13 9780199579792 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1978 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford University Press   Previous ISBN 9780199274802 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 247 Publication date 22 Jul 2010   Width (mm) 188 DEWEY 346.4202   Spine width (mm) 43 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate

		Preface to the Fourth Edition
		Acknowledgements
		Guide to Using the Online Resource Centre
		Table of Cases
		Table of Statutes
		Table of Statutory Instruments
		Table of Treaties, Conventions, and European Legislation
1		Introduction		1
1		The Aims of this Book		1
2		The Scope of the Law of Contract		3
3		Transactions		7
4		European Contract Law		8
5		Transnational Contract Law		10
6		Conflicting Policies		11
PART I		FORMATION
2		Agreement: Objective or Subjective?		19
1		Introduction		19
2		The Objective Theory Illustrated		22
3		The áSnapping Up' Cases		33
4		The Role of Fault		36
3		Offer and Acceptance		44
1		Introduction		44
a		General Application		46
b		The Intention of the Parties		50
c		The Inter-related Nature of the Rules		51
d		The Time at which the Contract was Created		51
e		Offer and Acceptance and the áWill Theory' of Contract		52
2		Has an Offer Been Made?		54
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