Followingthesuccessofthefirstedition,thisisthefullyupdatedsecondeditionofARestatementoftheEnglishLawofContract.Designedtoenhancetheaccessibilityofthecommonlaw,theRestatementcomprisesanumberofclearandsuccinctrules,fullyexplainedbyasupportingcommentary,whichsetoutthegenerallawofcontractinEnglandandWales.Writtenbyoneoftheleadingauthoritiesinthisarea,incollaborationwithanadvisorygroupofseniorjudges,academics,andlegalpractitioners,theRestatementoffersanovelandpowerfullypersuasivestatementofthelawinthiscentralareaofEnglishlaw.AlllawyersdealingwiththeEnglishlawofcontract,whetheraspractitioners,judges,academics,orlawstudents,willbenefitfromthisRestatement.TheEnglishlawofcontractisoneofthemostrespectedsystemsofcontractlawintheworldand,bythedeviceofa’choiceoflaw’clause,isoftenchosenbyforeigncommercialpartiesastheapplicablelawtogoverntheircontract.OneoftheaimsoftheRestatementisforthereader,includingthosefromcivillawjurisdictions,toseequicklyandeasilyhowthedifferentelementsoftheEnglishlawofcontractfittogether.
