Understanding Contract Law - Softcover

John Adams; Roger Brownsword

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847031161 ISBN 13: 9781847031167

Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell, 2007

Synopsis

* Presents a succinct but intellectually challenging overview of contract law * Goes beyond traditional #black letter# exposition to provide a real understanding of the subject * Offers a unique analysis of contract doctrine # the authors# terminology of #market-individualism# and #consumer-welfarism# has been widely adopted * Explains how the contract rule-book emerged, and how the rule-book doctrines and particular judicial decisions reflect a range of underlying tensions (relating to the general ideologies of adjudication and the particular ideologies of contract) * Includes all key case law and statutory developments

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1847031161
• ISBN 13: 9781847031167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304