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Contract Law Bundle

Contract Law Bundle

Contract Law Bundle

Contract Law: Principles, and Practice and Contract Law: Cases and Materials
Andrew Stewart, University of Adelaide
Ken Yin, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
Warren Swain, University of Auckland
Karen Fairweather, University of Auckland
Kelly Green, Deakin University, Victoria
Simon Kozlina, Western Sydney University
Emmanuael Laryea, Monash University, Victoria
Luca Siliquini-Cinelli, University of Dundee
Lisa Spagnolo, Monash University, Victoria
October 2020
Multiple copy pack
9781108908214
Multiple copy pack
2 Paperback books

    Contract Law: Principles and Context demonstrates the development of contract law through a considered selection of cases. The text introduces readers to the nature and range of contracts, the process for making a contract, rights and duties, adjustments to contracts, vitiating factors and unfair conduct, ending contracts, and remedies and restitution. Clear and engaging, this book provides a fresh, topical and accessible account of the Australian law of contract. Contract Law: Cases and Materials presents a selection of well-chosen cases and illuminating commentary ideal for introducing students to the study of contract law in Australia. Developed to accompany Contract Law: Principles and Context, this casebook maintains the accessibility of the principles text while providing the depth of topics required to learn contract law. Containing well-chosen, carefully curated cases and extracts, this book takes a practical approach to student learning and integrates rich pedagogy to build critical thinking and analysis skills.

    • Both texts are written in a clear and engaging style
    • The principles and casebook complement each other, with the principles text providing an accessible introduction to contract law, and the casebook containing extracts of important cases
    • Casebook contains supplementary pedagogical features to allow readers to test their understanding of contract law as they read

    Product details

    October 2020
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108908214
    1530 pages
    245 × 175 × 75 mm
    2.625kg
    Not yet published - no date available

    Table of Contents

    • Part I: Introduction
    • 1. Some basic questions
    • 2. Themes and perspectives
    • 3. Resolving contractual disputes
    • Part II: Making a contract
    • 4. Preparing to make a contract
    • 5. Formation
    • 6. Preliminary agreements
    • 7. Protecting reliance: the doctrine of estoppel
    • 8. The parties to a contract
    • Part III: Contractual obligations
    • 9. Terms and obligations
    • 10. Interpreting contracts
    • 11. Limiting or extending liability
    • 12. Performance of contractual obligations
    • Part IV: Adjusting a contract
    • 13. Varying terms
    • 14. Transferring rights and obligation
    • 15. Impossibility and change of circumstances
    • Part V: Ending a contract
    • 16. Termination of contracts
    • 17. Consequences of termination
    • Part VI: Vitiating factors and unfair conduct
    • 18. Misinformation
    • 19. Undue pressure
    • 20. Unconscionability and unfairness
    • 21. Illegality and public policy
    • Part VII: Remedies
    • 22. Enforcing a contract
    • 23. Damages for breach of contract
    • 24. Restitutionary remedies
    • Part VIII: International aspects of contract law
    • 25. Contract law in the international context (chapter exclusive to cases and materials book).