Michael Furmston

Regulation relating to the sale and supply of goods is a crucial part of commercial law. This textbook offers a contemporary overview of the topic, with all the key information presented alongside a wealth of useful features. Michael Furmston’s classic textbook has been reworked and brought completely up to date by James Devenney. New features include chapter overviews, in focus sections, pause for thought exercises, highlighted key cases, end of chapter summaries, and further reading. Contemporary developments in commercial law covered include the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG); Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP); international sales contracts, interpretation and agency, and legislative proposal examples in the consumer context. Supported by digital learning resources, including MCQs, assessment advice, practice questions with feedback, this authoritative textbook is essential reading for students of Commercial Law.

Regulation relating to the sale and supply of goods is a crucial part of commercial law. This textbook offers a contemporary overview of the topic, with all the key information presented alongside a wealth of useful features. Michael Furmston’s classic textbook has been reworked and brought completely up to date by James Devenney. New features include chapter overviews, in focus sections, pause for thought exercises, highlighted key cases, end of chapter summaries, and further reading. Contemporary developments in commercial law covered include the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG); Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP); international sales contracts, interpretation and agency, and legislative proposal examples in the consumer context. Supported by digital learning resources, including MCQs, assessment advice, practice questions with feedback, this authoritative textbook is essential reading for students of Commercial Law.

This new and updated edition provides a scholarly and practical analysis of the legal principles which govern the formation of contracts in English law, offering those involved in litigation and in drafting contracts a guide to the application of those principles in practice. The book comprehensively reviews all the classical rules governing contract formation with extensive coverage of difficult areas such as certainty, conditional contracts, good faith negotiations, auctions, tenders, on-line contracting and the assessment of conduct and silence in contract formation. It also discusses the efficacy, problems and rules around modern contracting, in particular the use of heads of agreement, letters of intent, letters of comfort and the methods of resolving a battle of the forms. In this second edition a chapter has been added on consideration and estoppel. Although this work is based on English law, the authors draw upon decisions in other jurisdictions such as Australia, Canada, the United States, Singapore and New Zealand, where these inform the development of principles in English law.

This book, based on English law of contract, considers the development and present state of the doctrine of Privity of Contract with clear references to cases in other major common law jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore). The work opens with a history of development of the privity rule and its place in English up to the enactment of the Contract (Right of third parties) Act 1999. The books considers common law and statutory exceptions in detail as well as major statutory exceptions from other jurisdictions. There is also consideration of the operation of the rule with regard to exemption clauses and attempts to impose liabilities and burden on non-parties. A large section of the book considers the rights of a promise where the loss suffered by reason of a breach of contract has been incurred by a third party. The final chapters consider the position under the Contract (Right of third parties) Act 1999 and look at the international position, considering work undertaken by UNIDROIT. This book fills a gap for a more thorough examination of the law of privity and is written by two well-known and experienced authors on contract law.

“The best introductory textbook on English Commercial and Consumer Law available in the market.” - Qi Zhou, University of Sheffield “A modern and comprehensive compendium essential for any commercial law student.” - Dr Clare Chambers-Jones, Associate Professor UWE Written by a team of leading specialists in this area, Commercial and Consumer Law 2nd edition is an essential guide to the legislation and case law relating to both domestic and international commercial transactions. Offering a scholarly, yet highly readable, account of key commercial and consumer law principles, it also highlights the commercial and socio-economic context underpinning the law in this area.

Powell-Smith and Furmston’s Building Contract Casebook The interaction between general principles and the provisions of the standard building and construction contracts is a central feature of construction law. The major part of the law is laid down in decided cases and construction ­professionals should be familiar with these cases, but the information is scattered throughout a large number of law reports. The fifth edition of Powell-Smith and Furmston’s Building Contract Casebook is designed to help ­construction professionals become familiar with those key cases. It brings together a wide range of cases on the main aspects of the law of construction contracts, states the principle established by each case and gives a summary of the facts and the decision. For the majority of cases, verbatim ­extracts from the judgment are included. The casebook presents the leading cases on each topic, together with many lesser-known but important decisions. A number of useful decisions from the Commonwealth are also included. Throughout, the author’s approach is practical rather than academic.