Contract Law

Andrew Stewart is the John Bray Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide and works as a consultant with the national law firm Piper Alderman. His research areas are employment law, contract law and intellectual property. He has published extensively in these areas, with some of his sole or co-authored works including Stewart's Guide to Employment Law (2008), Creighton & Stewart's Labour Law (6th edition, 2016), Intellectual Property in Australia (2nd edition, 1997) and Independent Contractors: A Practical Guide (2013). Andrew Stewart is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, an Editor of the Australian Journal of Labour Law and co-director of the Adelaide Law School's research group on Work and Employment Regulation.

Provides a fresh, topical and accessible account of the Australian law of contract.

Preface; Table of cases; Table of statutes; Part I. Introduction: 1. Some basic questions; 2. Themes and perspectives; 3. Resolving contractual disputes; Part II. Making a Contract: 4. Preparing to make a contract; 5. Formation; 6. Preliminary agreements; 7. Protecting reliance: the doctrine of Estoppel; 8. The parties to a contract; Part III. Contractual Obligations: 9. Terms and obligations; 10. Interpreting contracts; 11. Limiting or extending liability; 12. Performance of contractual obligations; Part IV. Adjusting a Contract: 13. Varying terms; 14. Transferring rights and obligations; 15. Impossibility and change of circumstances; Part V. Ending A Contract: 16. Termination of contracts; 17. Consequences of termination; Part VI. Vitiating Factors and Unfair Conduct: 18. Misinformation; 19. Undue pressure; 20. Unconscionability and unfairness; 21. Illegality and public policy; Part VII. Remedies: 22. Enforcing a contract; 23. Damages for breach of contract; 24. Restitutionary remedies; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.