Description
Although the Law of Contract is often studied early in the law student's career it is not in fact a simple subject. There are complexities in the analysis of the basis of contractual obligations, and in many of the areas which are regarded as fundamental, such as the doctrines of consideration and privity, which create difficulties of understanding for the novice. In addition, there are other areas, such as mistakes, where the case law is confusing and inconsistent, or where the relationship between common law and equity (e.g. in relation to estoppel), or common law and statute (e.g. in relation to exclusion clauses), requires careful analysis. The temptation in writing a book such as this, which is intended as a straightforward readable guide to the English law of contract, is to gloss over these difficulties, or to simplify them out of existence. This is a trap which I hope that I have avoided. My object has been, based on my experience of 18 years of teaching contract law both to first year LLB students, and to non-law students, to explain the subject in a way which is easy to understand, but which nevertheless gives the student some idea that the 'orthodox' analysis is not necessarily the only possible one, and the subject has depths which (for those who have the opportunity to do so) will repay further study. beyond the demands of the first year examination.
ISBN:9781874241690
