• ISBN13: 9781403912251
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Law and Criminology
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publisher Imprint: Palgr Mac
• Publication Date: May 16, 2003
• Pages: 520
• Original Price: GBP 15.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1000 grams

This textbook explores the underlying themes and explains the basic rules of English contract law. It introduces debates about the nature, scope and functions of this law and discusses the wider controversies which surround some of the basic doctrines. New features of this fifth edition include discussion of major cases on unfair terms in consumer contracts, undue influence and a number of recent decisions of the House of Lords on the law relating to damages.

EWAN MCKENDRICK is Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He has previously taught at the Universities of Central Lancashire and Essex, the London School of Economics and University College London. He is the author of a number of articles on the subject of commercial law, contract law and tort and is editor of Chitty On Contracts. He is also a barrister in practice with a leading set of commercial chambers in London.