The Law of Contract (Core Texts Series) - Softcover

O'Sullivan, Janet; Hilliard, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198748817 ISBN 13: 9780198748816

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Core Text Series takes the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing an invaluable and reliable guide for students of law at all levels. Written by leading academics and renowned for their clarity, these concise texts explain the intellectual challenges of each area of the
law.

The Law of Contract provides students with a clear, straightforward, and comprehensive account of the core principles of contract law to enable a sound understanding of the subject. Written by Janet O'Sullivan, Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Jonathan Hilliard, barrister at Wilberforce
Chambers, this text covers all the key topics on LLB and GDL courses and introduces students to current debates in the field.

The authors break down complex problems into manageable steps and self-test questions are provided at the end of each chapter to help reinforce learning and aid revision. Students can find answer guidance to these questions as well as additional support for their studies, including author videos
discussing key cases, additional chapters, updates and web links on the accompanying Online Resource Centre.

About this title

About the Author:

Janet O'Sullivan is a Fellow of Selwyn College and University Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. She won the Pilkington Teaching Prize for Excellence in University Teaching in 2005. Jonathan Hilliard is a Barrister at Wilberforce Chambers, London and has
taught contract law at Gonville and Caius and Selwyn Colleges, Cambridge.

Review:

"A very accurate and clearly explained text and analysis; an ideal must read for first year students."

--Dr Anca Chirita, Lecturer in Law with Durham University

"Well-written and compact. The layout is very strong, with numbered paragraphs and good self-test questions at the end of chapters."

--Dr David McGrogan, Lecturer at Northumbria University

"One of the best introductory texts out there which at the same time offers complex and thorough examination of the more challenging areas of contract law."

--Tabetha Kurtz-Shefford, College of Law at Swansea University

"An excellent text - it has a superb way of clarifying all key points; whether it be to a 1st year undergraduate facing contract principles for the first time, or a practitioner who wants the benefit of clarification or a different perspective."

--Emma Walker, Barrister and Visiting Lecturer at King's College, London

"A concise and current survey of the law of contract, offering a pleasingly clear explanation of key concepts of the law and a usefully pragmatic, commercially aware viewpoint of the law in practice."

--Brendan Plant, Downing College, University of Cambridge

"O'Sullivan and Hilliard is much clearer than other textbooks I have used... the text is in no way overbearing in regard to its complexity and talks the reader through key principles in a structured fashion, integrating cases to illustrate the points."

--Ryan Doodson, law graduate at the University of Leeds

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0198748817
• ISBN 13: 9780198748816
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 503