First Year Law Guide

Written in plain English and updated to reflect the current state of the law, Introduction to Contracts, 5th Edition demystifies contract law without resorting to legalese, extensive and often confusing case analysis, and lengthy case citations. Ideal for law students as well as non-commercial lawyers, this book offers a big-picture overview of how contract law functions in Canada’s common law jurisdictions and how it relates to other areas of law, such as torts and restitution.

Cases and Materials on Contracts is a current and comprehensive collection of primary materials and commentaries covering all aspects of contract law in Canada. It examines key principles such as offer and acceptance, written versus oral contracts, what constitutes breach of a contract, the enforcement of contracts, and more.

The leading reference work on contract law in the Common Law world. Chitty offers guidance to the whole range of contract law as practiced in the UK.

Contracts: Cases and Commentaries, Eleventh Edition continues to be the teaching tool of choice among Canadian contracts professors. This book allows students to learn the law of contracts by first gaining a familiarity with the substantive law. Substantive law includes the law relating to the formation of contracts, factors affecting the validity of contracts, and remedies for when a party breaches the contract. A familiarity with these principles will serve as a useful stepping stone to courses drawing on the general principles of contract law,— such as the sale of goods, consumer protection, insurance, real estate transactions, and labour law. This book will teach students how to engage in analyzing areas of law where overlapping or conflicting values are at stake, such as human rights law and property law, by reflecting on a value fundamental to the law of contracts, such as freedom of contract. Furthermore, this book will facilitate the acquisition of a variety of basic skills associated with the analysis and use of case law and, to a lesser extent, legislation. It is designed as an aid to the acquisition of these essential skills, via the study and discussion of the decisions of the courts, as well as statutory law and academic comment. Older editions also available in the catalogued collection.

The Law of Contracts, third edition, is a thorough revision of this authoritative text in Irwin Law’s Essentials of Canadian Law series. It includes discussion of recent jurisprudential developments in a variety of topics, including: the impact of the ground-breaking decision in Bhasin v Hrynew on articulating the general organizing principle requiring good-faith performance; the effect of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Canada (Attorney General) v Fairmont Hotels Inc on the law of rectification for mistake; the continuing development of the Canadian jurisprudence applying the Tercon rule to the enforceability of exculpatory clauses; the impact of Uber Technologies Inc v Heller and Douez v Facebook, Inc on the doctrine of unconscionability; and the potential influence of Southcott Estates Inc v Toronto District Catholic School Board on the law of mitigation and of specific performance. The book also incorporates reference to recent Canadian cases on doctrines such as estoppel, privity, interpretation, and appellate review, and discussion of recent leading authorities dealing with such matters as contractual interpretation and the application of the basic principles of formation to e-commerce.