Unlocking Contract Law

Contract law is a core element of all law degrees in England and Wales. Unlocking Contract Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for: * The rules regarding formation of contracts * The contents of a contract * Vitiating factors, factors which invalidate an otherwise validly formed contract * The rules on discharge of contractual obligations * Available remedies The UNLOCKING THE LAW series is designed specifically to make the law accessible. Features include: * aims and objectives at the start of each chapter * key facts charts to consolidate your knowledge * diagrams to aid learning * summaries to help check your understanding of each chapter * problem questions with guidance on answering * a glossary of legal terminology The series covers all the core subjects required by the Bar Council and the Law Society for entry onto professional qualifications, as well as popular option units. The website www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk provides supporting resources such as multiple choice questions, key questions and answers and updates to the law.

The Unlocking the Law series makes the law accessible. Each chapter contains activities such as quick quizzes and self-test questions, key facts charts to consolidate your knowledge and diagrams to aid learning. Cases, judgments and primary source quotations are prominently displayed. Summaries help you understand each chapter, there is a glossary of legal terminology. New features include problem questions with guidance on answering, as well as essay questions and answer plans, plus cases and materials exercises. All titles in the series follow the same formula and include the same features so students can move easily from one subject to another.

1. The origins and character of contract law 2. Formation of a contract: offer and acceptance 3. Formation of a contract: consideration 4. Formation of a contract: intention to create legal relations 5. Form 6. The obligations under a contract: terms 7. The obligations under a contract: exclusion and limitation clauses 8. Void and voidable contracts 9. Vitiating factors: misrepresentation 10. Vitiating factors: mistake 11. Vitiating factors: duress and undue influence 12. Vitiating factors: illegality and unenforceable contracts 13. Third party rights and the doctrine of privity 14. Capacity 15. Discharge of a contract 16. Remedies in contract law 17. Quasi-contract Index

Chris Turner is a qualified barrister and Senior Lecturer in law at Wolverhampton University. He has taught law at all levels and is an experienced author whose other titles include Key Facts: Contract Law and Key Cases: Contract Law, also published by Hodder Education. He is Series Editor of Unlocking the Law, Key Facts and Key Cases, all published by Hodder Education.