The Modern Law of Contract

16. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-29268-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 662 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

Written by an author team with over 60 years of combined teaching experience, The Modern Law of Contract is the complete textbook for students of contract law, providing not only clear and authoritative commentary but also a selection of learning features to enable students to engage actively with the law.

The 16th edition has been fully updated to address recent developments in contract law, including the Supreme Court judgments in Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs v Public and Commercial Services Union [2024] UKSC 41, Providence Building Services Ltd v Hexagon Housing Association Ltd [2026] UKSC 1, Tesco Stores Ltd v Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) [2024] UKSC 28, King Crude Carriers SA and others v Ridgebury November Llc [2025] UKSC 39, One Savings Bank plc v Waller-Edwards [2025] UKSC 22 and Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 6.

It offers a carefully tailored overview of all key topics for LLB and conversion courses, and includes a number of learning features designed to enhance comprehension and aid exam preparation, including:

- Boxed chapter summaries that offer a useful checklist for students, and illustrative diagrams to clarify difficult concepts;

- ‘Key cases’ that highlight and contextualise the most significant cases;

- ‘For thought’ features that ask ‘what if’ scenarios;

- ‘In focus’ features that provide critical commentary on the law.

Also including further reading at the end of each chapter and digital learning resources, The Modern Law of Contract enables undergraduate and postgraduate students not only to fully understand the essential details of contract law but also to develop a profound and critical understanding of this fundamental area of the law.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stone, Richard

Devenney, James

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht Handelsrecht, HGB, Handelsvertreter- und -maklerrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Forming the Agreement 3. Consideration and Other Tests of Enforceability 4. Intention to Create Legal Relations 5. Privity 6. The Contents of the Contract 7. Clauses Excluding or Limiting Liability 8. Misrepresentation 9. Mistake 10. Duress 11. Undue Influence 12. Illegality and Public Policy 13. Frustration 14. Discharge by Performance or Breach 15. Remedies and Restitution

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Stone is Emeritus Professor of Law and Human Rights at the University of Lincoln, UK.

James Devenney is Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and formerly Head of the School of Law at the University of Reading, UK. He is also a Full Visiting Professor at the UCD Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland, and Visiting Professor Dalian Maritime University, China.