Contract Law

TT Arvind is Professor of Law and Head of Department at York Law School, University of York. His research focuses on the history and social context of private law and he has a strong interest in developing problem-based and experiential approaches to teaching and learning in law.

• 1: IntroductionPart I: Forming Contracts2: Bargaining and agreeing: offer, acceptance, and formation3: Consideration: the requirement of mutuality4: Contracts and informal relations: the intention to create legal relations5:  Non-contractual promises: promissory and proprietary estoppelPart II: Keeping Contracts6: Assembling the contract: representations, terms, and incorporation7: Interpreting the terms: construction, rectification, and mutual mistake8: Filling the gaps: implied terms9: Flexible terms: uncertainty, vagueness, and incompleteness10: Fundamental changes: frustration and common mistakePart III: Regulating Contracts11: Untrue statements: misrepresentation and unilateral mistake12: The limits of hard bargaining: duress and undue influence13: Controlling contract terms: exclusion clauses, penalties, and consumer protection14: Protecting the public interest: the doctrine of illegalityPart IV: Enforcing Contracts15: Breach of contract: repudiation and the right to terminate16: Compensatory remedies: damages for breach of contract17: Non-compensatory remedies: specific performance, debt, and restitution18: Privity and third parties: protecting the rights of non-parties

Complex legal concepts are broken down, step-by-step, and applied regularly to real-world scenarios, enabling them to be easily understood and appreciated by students of any level.