Following the success of the first edition, this is the fully updated second edition of A Restatement of the English Law of Contract. Designed to enhance the accessibility of the common law the Restatement comprises a number of clear and succinct rules, fully explained by a supporting commentary, which set out the general law of contract in England and Wales. Written by one of the leading authorities in this area, in collaboration with an advisory
group of senior judges, academics, and legal practitioners, the Restatement offers a novel and powerfully persuasive statement of the law in this central area of English law.
All lawyers dealing with the English law of contract, whether as practitioners, judges, academics, or law students, will benefit from this Restatement. The English law of contract is one of the most respected systems of contract law in the world and by the device of a 'choice of law' clause is often chosen by foreign commercial parties as the applicable law to govern their contract. One of the aims of the Restatement is for the reader, including those from civil law
jurisdictions, to see quickly and easily how the different elements of the English law of contract fit together.
Andrew Burrows, MA, DCL, LLM (Harvard), QC (Hon), FBA (the Rt Hon Lord Burrows) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Oxford University Law Faculty (where he was previously a full-time law professor) and is a quondam Fellow of All Souls College. He was the first judge of the highest court to be appointed direct from academia. Between 1994 and 1999 he served as a Law Commissioner for England and Wales. He was
President of the Society of Legal Scholars 2015-16.
