The Modern Law of Contract

Written by an author team with over 60 years' of teaching experience, the new edition of 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.

Richard Stone is Emeritus Professor of Law and Human Rights at the University of Lincoln, UK. James Devenney is Head of the School of Law and Professor of Transnational Commercial Law at the University of Reading, UK and Full Visiting Professor at the UCD Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland.

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