Overview
This new book is designed to introduce the lawyer who is trained in a civil law jurisdiction to the method of reasoning in the common law, and in particular to the English law of contract. It is written primarily for the lawyer-whether student or practitioner-from another jurisdiction who already has an understanding of a (different) law of contract, but who wishes to discover the way in which an English lawyer views a contract. After a general introduction to the common law system-how a common lawyer reasons and finds the law-the book explains the principles of the law of contract in English law covering all the aspects of a contract from its formation to the remedies available for breach, whilst directing attention in particular to those areas where the approach of English law is in marked contrast to that taken in many civil law systems.
Full Product Details
Author: John Cartwright
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.475kg
ISBN: 9781841135779
ISBN 10: 1841135771
Pages: 338
Publication Date: 25 September 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9781849464796
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
This is a well written, easy to read, up-to-date introduction to the English legal system and to the basic principles of the English law of contract...The book has sufficient length to provide good explanations and detail for practising lawyers; it also is sufficiently brief to allow a good picture of the whole and its interconnectedness to be seen. The book is highly recommended. Happy reading! Professor Tony Angelo New Zealand Law Journal May 2008 ...well written, in plain and easily understandable English and can give to the lay reader a simple but comprehensive outlook of English law of contract...a continental student can employ the book as a simple but engaging source of knowledge of the English system... Luciano Pontiroli Web Journal of Current Legal Issues December 2008
This is a well written, easy to read, up-to-date introduction to the English legal system and to the basic principles of the English law of contract...The book has sufficient length to provide good explanations and detail for practising lawyers; it also is sufficiently brief to allow a good picture of the whole and its interconnectedness to be seen. The book ishighly recommended. Happy reading!Professor Tony AngeloNew Zealand Law JournalMay 2008...well written, in plain and easily understandable English and can give to the lay reader a simple but comprehensive outlook of English law of contract...a continental student can employ the book as a simple but engaging source of knowledge of the English system...Luciano PontiroliWeb Journal of Current Legal IssuesDecember 2008
Author Information
John Cartwright is Reader in the Law of Contract, University of Oxford, and Tutor in Law, Christ Church, Oxford; Professor of Anglo-American Private Law, University of Leiden; and a Solicitor.
