Contracts / Peng Guo and Alex Wan.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2026.

5th edition

203075

Contracts -- Australia.

Contracts -- Law reports, digests, etc. -- Australia.

1. Introduction to contracts

2. Agreements

3. Certainty

4. Consideration

5. Intention to create legal relations

6. Formalities

7. Privity and assignment of contractual rights

8. Capacity

9. Terms

10. Construction of the terms

11. Misrepresentation

12. Misleading or deceptive conduct

13. Mistake

14. Duress

15. Undue influence

16. Unconscionability

17. Unfair contracts

18. Illegality

19. Performance and breach

20. Termination

21. Frustration

22. Damages

23. Recovery of liquidated sums

24. Specific performance, injunction and restitution.

Focus: Contracts is designed to develop a greater understanding of contract law by identifying and explaining the key areas of study. Using a straightforward, structured approach and written in plain English, the authors help demystify even the most complex of legal concepts. The case law is presented in a way that illustrates how the basic principles work and how they are applied in the courts. The fifth edition has been fully updated to include recent developments in case law and legislation and includes: Concise summary key cases and illustrative cases and their analysis ; Revised and expanded discussion of topics in existing chapters ; New chapters on misleading or deceptive conduct and unfair contracts. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Focus : contracts

9780409361711

xli, 616 pages ; 24 cm