Overview
The fourth edition of this casebook offers students and instructors an up-to-date collection of materials suitable for the basic course in contract law. Indeed, its currency sets it apart from other learning resources.
The theoretical framework of contract law is outlined and explored in the first chapter. This provides students with the context and understanding required to fully grasp the more traditional and doctrinal analysis included in subsequent chapters. The book introduces students to the principal current legal theoretical perspectives, and invites enquiry into their relationship with contract law and with each other.
Carefully selected and edited cases and materials draw from Canadian, Commonwealth, and American sources to present a comprehensive, well-integrated overview of the subject. The enlarged team of authors have provided extensive notes, comments, and questions that plumb the depths of contract law. The book is equally suitable for those courses that begin with competing theories of contract law, contract formation, or contract remedies.
The fourth edition is a thorough updating of the casebook—a detailed exploration of recent case law and statutory provisions.
TopFeatures
- Includes new discussion of contracts damages arising as a result of mental distress under SCC case Fidler v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, 2006 SCC 30.
- Analyzes new precedent set in the SCC case Tercon Contractors Ltd. V. British Columbia (Ministry of Transportation and Highways) 2010 SCC 4 and its impact on contractual clauses excluding liability.
- Variation to contracts in the context of duress are explored in discussion of Greater Fredricton Airport Authority Inc. v. NAV Canada, 2008 NBCA 28.
TopContent Summary
- Chapter 1: Perspectives on Contract Law
- Chapter 2: Remedies for Breach of Promise
- Chapter 3: The Kinds of Promises Legally Enforced
- Chapter 4: Contracts and Third Parties
- Chapter 5: Written Documents
- Chapter 6: Protection of Weaker Parties
- Chapter 7: Public Policy
- Chapter 8: Performance and Breach
- Chapter 9: Mistake
- Chapter 10: Frustration
