An Introduction to the Law of Contract

by Patrick S. Atiyah

Book Overview

The last edition of this book saw a major restructuring of the whole work, and an attempt to introduce a number of new themes, in particular, to stress the resurgence of freedom of contract ideology, and to introduce some basic economic issues in contract law. In this edition, the general structure of the book has been left untouched, although the whole work has been completely updated and modernized by replacing old and outdated examples with more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198259530
• ISBN13: 9780198259534
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.1" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

interesting introduction, with sometimes unusual view point

Atiyah's introduction to the law of contract is accessible to the sutdnet beginning on this key part of their law course. However, his views are sometimes rather individual, and it may be best to have formed one's own opinions, from a variety of other sources, before tackling his chapters on, for example, the various measures of damages which are used by the courts