Subjects:

Contract Law

Contents:

1. Contract and market

2. The transformation of the law of contract

3. Tests of enforceability

4. Consideration and the exchange model

5. Estoppel and the reliance model

6. The contractualization of social life

7. Ascription of contractual responsibility

8. Coercion and competitive markets

9. The moment of responsibility

10. The duty to negotiate with care

11. Terms

12. Mandatory obligations

13. Fairness

14. The range of liability

15. Co-operation

16. Agreed remedies

17. Judicial remedies.

Previous editions of this text have consistently been a favourite amongst common law lawyers. This new edition has been brought fully up to date and will be of interest to those studying 'advanced' obligations/common law modules. Undergraduates who study contract courses with a strong socio-legal tradition will also find this text invaluable as it uniquely grounds the nature of contract law in its social and political context.