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Focus: Contract Law, 4th Edition
The fourth edition of Focus: Contract Law is designed to assist students to develop a greater understanding of contract law by identifying and explaining the key areas of study.
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Product description
The fourth edition of Focus: Contract Law is designed to assist students to develop a greater understanding of contract law by identifying and explaining the key areas of study. Using a straightforward, structured approach and written in plain English, the authors help demystify even the most complex of legal concepts. The Focus series has a particular emphasis on problem-solving, providing the reader with numerous opportunities to develop critical thinking skills and to practise answering legal problem questions.
Features
- Extensive pedagogy enhances the learning experience by guiding students through core concepts and building their problem solving skills
- Clear explanation of core concepts ensures that students understand the fundamental principles before moving on to more advanced understanding
- Each chapter builds upon prior learning and reinforcement of key principles, providing a constructivist learning approach
- Problem solving checklists help students focus their attention on key areas to address when applying their knowledge to a problem
- Worked problems with answer plans step students through problem based learning and develop their skills for exams
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Agreements
- Consideration
- Intention to create legal relations
- Formalities
- Identification of the terms
- Construction of the terms
- Capacity to contract
- Privity
- Misrepresentation
- Mistake
- Duress
- Undue influence
- Unconscionability
- Illegality
- The effects of illegality
- Performance and breach
- Termination for breach and repudiation
- Frustration
- Damages
- Recovery of liquidated sums
- Restitution
- Specific performance and injunction
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