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Contract Law
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Contract Law
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ewan McKendrick
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Series | Palgrave Law Masters |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:432 | Dimensions(mm): Height 246,Width 172 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781137293701
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Classifications | Dewey:346.4202 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
Edition |
10th Revised edition
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Palgrave Macmillan
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Imprint |
Palgrave Macmillan
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Publication Date |
15 July 2013 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters series is a long-running and successful list of titles offering clear, concise and authoritative guides to the main subject areas, written by experienced and respected authors. This best-selling, classic text provides a clear and straightforward account of the basic rules of contract law, while also introducing current debates about the nature, scope and functions of the law and discussing wider controversies surrounding the basic doctrines. Praised time and again by both lecturers and students, Contract Law is compact yet comprehensive, well-written, well-structured, stimulating and engaging. This new tenth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent changes in the law. It is essential reading for all students taking undergraduate and GDL/CPE courses in contract law. Ewan McKendrick is Registrar and Professor of English Private Law in the University of Oxford, where he is also a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is the author of a number of key works on contract law and commercial law, and is an editor of Chitty on Contracts. He is also a barrister in practice with a leading set of commercial chambers in London.
Author Biography
Ewan McKendrick is Registrar and Professor of English Private Law in the University of Oxford, UK, where he is also a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is the author of a number of key works on contract law and commercial law, and is an editor of Chitty on Contracts. He is also a barrister in practice at 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn and a Master of the Bench of Gray's Inn.
Reviews"This is a masterly introduction to the English law of contract being lucid and succinct, accurate and incisive. Every student of the subject will benefit from reading it." - Andrew Burrows, Professor of the Law of England, All Souls College, Oxford, UK and author of A Casebook on Contract "This remains the best book of its kind on English contract law." - Hector MacQueen, Scottish Law Commissioner and Professor of Private Law, University of Edinburgh, UK
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