Understanding Contract Law - Softcover
The fourth edition of this book is ideal for teachers of law who want a succinct but intellectually challenging overview of contract law for their students. Written by the same author team as the popular Understanding Law, it provides an accessible and stimulating analysis of contract law. This edition follows the book's established style of interpreting judicial decision-making in contract cases by examining the pressure on judges to follow a traditional approach yet also meeting the reasonable expectations of both commercial and consumer contractors in the modern market-place. Recent developments in the field are examined such as: * The implications of the Human Rights Act 1998 for contract law in particular Wilson v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry *The new contextual approach to the interpretation of contracts following the landmark decision in Investors' Compensation *Appeal court decisions including Great Peace Shipping and Shogun Avoiding unnecessary legal jargon, Understanding Contract Law offers a unique analysis of contract doctrine.
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UNDERSTANDING LAW
A seven-volume series of introductions to the core subjects of law: contract, criminal law, equity and trusts, property, public law, tort and the legal system.
CONTRACT LAW
The major contention of 'Understanding Contract Law' is that the legal rules regulating agreements cannot be understood without examining what lies behind those rules.
The book seeks to interpret judicial decision-making in contract cases. It portrays judges as caught in a web of tensions. They are pulled in one direction by a wish to keep faith with tradition; and in another direction by a wish to ensure acceptable outcomes to disputes, to meet commercial expectations, and to protect consumers. The outcome of any particular case will depend therefore not on the mechanical application of 'the law of contract' but on the way in which ideological tensions which structure judges' reasoning are resolved.
This accessible yet challenging analysis of contract law provides a full introduction to the subject and puts forward new ideas.
Professor John N Adams is Professor of Intellectual Property at the University of Sheffield and Director of the Intellectual Property Institute. Professor Roger Brownsword is Professor of Law at King's College London and Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Sheffield.
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- PublisherSweet & Maxwell
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0421858508
- ISBN 13 9780421858503
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number4
- Number of pages288
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