This third edition of Contract Law provides a comprehensive review of the principles of contract law. Complex topics are explained in a clear and accessible style and illustrated by succinct case extracts. The text includes perspectives from two of Australia’s major trading partners – New Zealand and the United States, as well as an examination of international contracts.

• Updated with the recent developments in contract law, including e-commerce and e-communication, misleading and deceptive conduct, economic duress and terms.
• Table of contents at the start of each chapter makes this text easy for students to navigate.
• More on ‘unfair terms’ and ‘unconscionability’, and Proportional Liability and Civil Liability

Table of Cases


Table of Statutes

Preface


Part 1: Overview

1. Introduction
2. Negotiation


Part 2: Formation

3. Agreement
4. Certainty and Completeness
5. Intention to Create Legal Relations
6. Consideration
7. Equitable Estoppel


Part 3: Content

8. Terms I: Establishing Contractual Terms
9. Terms II: Construction of Terms


Part 4: Limits on Enforcement of Contracts

10. Capacity
11. Formalities
12. Privity


Part 5: Vitiating Factors

13. Misrepresentation and Misleading or Deceptive Conduct
14. Mistake
15. Duress
16. Undue Influence
17. Unconscionable Conduct
18. Void and Illegal Contracts


Part 6: Discharge of the Contract

19. Discharge by Performance
20. Discharge by Termination
21. Discharge by Agreement
22. Discharge by Frustration


Part 7: Remedies

23. Damages
24. Restitution
25. Equitable Remedies


Part 8: International Contracts

26. International Contracts


Part 9: Themes, Critical Perspectives, and Ideologies

27. Themes, Critical Perspectives, and Ideologies
Index

Lindy Willmott – Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology

Sharon Christensen – Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology

Des Butler – Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology

Bill Dixon – Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology

The online resources for the third edition of Contract Law have been prepared by Anton Hughes at The University of Tasmania. There are five questions and sample answers per chapter, suitable for discussion in tutorials, inclusion in assessment, or to set for student's home learning. The questions are fully referenced back to the book, with directions to read relevant sections for each question.

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