Includes index.

Contents: Introduction: Definition of contract -- Historical development -- Theories of contract: Relationship of contract with other legal subjects -- Contract and tort -- Contract and equity -- Methods of studying law of contract -- Basic elements of contract -- offer -- Types of offer: Unilateral -- Bilateral -- invitation to treat -- Instances of invitation to treat -- Display of goods in shops -- Advertisements and offers -- Ticket sale and contracts -- Auction sale -- Communication of offers -- Termination of offer -- Acceptance: Alternative offers -- Acceptance by conduct -- Counter offers -- Request for information -- The battle of forms -- Acceptance in ignorance of offers -- Motive and acceptance -- Cross-offers -- Communication of acceptance -- Silence and acceptance -- What constitutes communication of acceptance? -- Postal rule -- Telegram and telex -- Consideration: General meaning -- Past consideration -- Exceptions to the rule -- Consideration must be sufficient not adequate -- Insufficient consideration -- Performance of existing legal obligation -- Part-payment of debt as sufficient consideration -- Intention to create legal relations -- Domestic agreements -- Husband and wife -- Parent and child -- Other domestic agreements -- Commercial agreements -- Privity of contract -- The doctrine of privity -- Agreements imposing benefits on third parties -- Public policy and privity of contract -- Equity and privity of contract -- Equitable trust and privity -- Privity and consideration -- Privity and collateral contracts -- Current developments in England -- Capacity: Infant: Who is an infant? -- Other types of valid contracts -- Beneficial contracts: Contracts of employment and contract of service -- Voidable contracts: Repudiation -- Liability of a person contracting with infant -- Doctrine of restitution -- Lunatics -- Drunkenness - Corporate entities and the ultra vires rule -- Contents of contract -- Terms -- Terms or mere puffs -- Conditions and warranties -- Condition precedent -- Condition subsequent -- Express and implied terms -- The parole evidence rule and the rules of evidence -- Terms implied by court -- Intention of the parties -- Terms implied from relationship between parties -- Terms implied by statutes -- Terms implied by custom -- Excluding (exemption) and limiting terms -- The courts and construction of exemption and limiting clauses -- The express words rule -- The repugnancy rule -- Contra proferentum rule -- Vitiating factors -- Misrepresentation -- General requirements -- Misrepresentation of facts -- Statements or promises in futuro -- Silence and misrepresentation -- Exceptions to the general rule -- Meaning of inducement -- Types of misrepresentation -- Fraudulent misrepresentation -- Negligent misstatement -- Remedies for misrepresentation -- Recission -- Limits to recission -- Damages -- Mistake: Types of mistake -- Mutual mistake -- Mistake as to quality -- Mistake as to the existence of subject-matter -- Mistake as to title -- Mutual mistake and frustration -- Unilateral mistake -- Where parties are at cross-purpose -- Mistake as to terms of contract -- Mistake as to identity: Parties not inter praesentes -- Mistake inter praesentes -- Non est factum -- Nature of the mistake -- Who may plead non est facum -- Duress and undue influence -- Illegality public policy and contracts -- Illegal contracts -- Contracts contrary to public policy -- Contract in restraint of trade -- Definition of restraint -- sale of business/goodwill and employment -- Solus agreements -- Discharge of contract and frustration -- The doctrine of frustration -- Effect of frustration -- Discharge of contract by performance -- Performance: The general rule -- Divisibility of contract -- Acceptance of partial performance -- Substantial performance -- The importance of time of performance -- Agreements -- Novation and variation of agreement -- Breach of contracts and remedies -- The nature of breach -- Damages and equitable remedies -- Remoteness of damages -- Measure of damages -- Mitigation of damages -- Equitable remedies -- Specific performance -- Factors considered in awarding specific performance mutuality -- Unfairness -- Adequacy of damages -- Impossibility -- Supervision -- Delay -- Personal service contracts and specific performance -- No specific performance in aid of illegality -- Injunction -- Interlocutory injunction -- Prohibitory and mandatory injunction.