Treitel on the Law of Contract is recognised as the most thorough and discerning treatment of contract law. It is a widely adopted textbook for students and a valuable source of reference for practitioners.

This new edition provides a clear and detailed analysis of an increasingly complex area of law:-

* Examines, and offers resolutions to, controversial and problematic points of law

* Offers an improved layout with mini-contents list at the beginning of each chapter, paragraph numbering and clearer wording of headings and sub-headings

* Contains a detailed index, helping readers find what they need with ease

* Takes account of more than 300 new cases including:-

o Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson (mistaken identity); Actionstrength Ltd v International Glass Engineering (formalities and estoppel);

o The Golden Victory (date of assessment of damages);

o Jackson v Royal Bank of Scotland (remoteness);

o Brennan v Bolt Burdon (mistake of law);

o Lady Navigation Inc v Lauritzencool AB (specific performance and injunctions);

o and Technotrade Ltd v Larkstore Ltd (assignment)

* Covers all key legislative developments since the Fast edition published including those resulting from the Companies Act 2006, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and the Consumer Credit Act 2006

Much of this new edition has been re-written, and the entire text has been fully updated. Treitel remains the most coherent, comprehensive and compelling analysis of contract law on the market.

Guenter Treitel

Retired: Formerly Vinerian Professor of English Law at All Souls

Guenter Treitel QC, MA, DCL, FBA is an emeritus fellow of All Souls College.

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Guenter Treitel, 'Overseas Sales (Chapters 18-21)' in A.G.Guest (ed), Benjamin’s Sale of Goods (7th edition) (Sweet & Maxwell 2006)

Other notes:Significant revisions since the previous edition. The contribution of 729 pages by this author represents 30% of the whole book, and is almost 25% longer than his contribution to the previous edition.

ISBN: 9780421888302

Guenter Treitel, 'All but Chapter 9' in Reynolds and Treitel (eds), Carver on Bills of Lading (2nd edition) (Sweet & Maxwell 2005)

Other notes:The first, entirely new edition of this work was also published in this RAE period (2001). The first 494 pages are the sole responsibility and entirely the original work of this author; the remaining pages were written by Professor Reynolds.

ISBN: 0 421 877 006

Guenter Treitel and Professor FMB Reynolds QC, Carver on Bills of Lading, 2nd edition (Sweet & Maxwell, London 2005)

Abstract: Although published under the name 'Carver' this is an entirely new text on Bills of Lading. The new edition takes account of new decisions of first rate importance by the House of Lords as well as the lower courts and of developments in other jurisdictions.

ISBN: 0 421 877006

Guenter Treitel, 'Chapter 2: The Agreement, Chapter 3: Consideration, Chapter 18: Third Parties, Chapter 27: Specific Performance and Injunction, and Chapter 40: Gaming and Wagering' in Chitty on Contracts, Second Cumulative Supplement to the 29th edition. (Sweet and Maxwell 2005)

Abstract: These pages are part of a supplement designed to bring up to date the parts of the leading practioner's book on the English law of contract written by me. They include a full discussion of the effect on contracts of the Gambling Act 2005.

ISBN: 0 421 912308

Guenter Treitel, An Outline of the Law of Contract (Oxford University Press 2004)

Abstract: A new edition, extensively revised in the light of important legislative changes and landmark judicial decisions, of an account of the principles and policies of English contract law, intended to be accessible to those without specialist legal training.

ISBN: 406972680

Guenter Treitel, 'Chapter 18: Third Parties' in Chitty on Contracts, 29th edition (Sweet and Maxwell 2004)

Abstract: These chapters form part of a new edition of the leading practitioner's work on Contracts. The text of the chapters is entirely my own. It gives an up-to-date account of the law relating to the specified topics and includes an analysis of important legislation, including Contracts (Rights of 3rd Parties) Act 1999.

ISBN: 0-421-842-806

Guenter Treitel, 'Chapter 2: The Agreement' in Chitty on Contracts, 29th edition (Sweet and Maxwell 2004)

Abstract: These chapters form part of a new edition of the leading practitioner's work on Contracts. The text of the chapters is entirely my own. It gives an up-to-date account of the law relating to the specified topics and includes an analysis of important legislation, including Contracts (Rights of 3rd Parties) Act 1999.

ISBN: 0-421-842-806

Guenter Treitel, 'Chapter 27: Specific Performance & Injunction' in Chitty on Contracts, 29th edition (Sweet and Maxwell 2004)

Abstract: These chapters form part of a new edition of the leading practitioner's work on Contracts. The text of the chapters is entirely my own. It gives an up-to-date account of the law relating to the specified topics and includes an analysis of important legislation, including Contracts (Rights of 3rd Parties) Act 1999.

ISBN: 0-421-842-806

Guenter Treitel, 'Chapter 3: Consideration' in Chitty on Contracts, 29th edition (Sweet and Maxwell 2004)

Abstract: These chapters form part of a new edition of the leading practitioner's work on Contracts. The text of the chapters is entirely my own. It gives an up-to-date account of the law relating to the specified topics and includes an analysis of important legislation, including Contracts (Rights of 3rd Parties) Act 1999.

ISBN: 0-421-842-806

Guenter Treitel, 'Chapter 40: Gaming & Wagering' in Chitty on Contracts, 29th edition (Sweet and Maxwell 2004)

Abstract: These chapters form part of a new edition of the leading practitioner's work on Contracts. The text of the chapters is entirely my own. It gives an up-to-date account of the law relating to the specified topics and includes an analysis of important legislation, including Contracts (Rights of 3rd Parties) Act 1999.

ISBN: 0-421-843-004

Guenter Treitel, Frustration and Force Majeure (Sweet and Maxwell, London 2004)

Abstract: A new edition, extensively revised in the light of developments in England and other jurisdictions, of my book on the effect on contracts of unexpected supervening events.

ISBN: 421778202

Guenter Treitel, Frustration and Force Majeure (2nd edition) (Sweet & Maxwell 2004)

Other notes:Significant revisions since the first edition in the light of developments in England and overseas.

ISBN: 0421778202

Guenter Treitel, 'The Legal Status of Straight Bills of Lading' (2003) 119 Law Quarterly Review 608-624

Abstract: Discusses, in light of the decision of the Court of Appeal in The Rafaela S (2003), the questioning whether "straight" bills of lading (1) have to be presented to the carrier by the person claiming delivery of the goods; and (2) -- documents of title to goods.

ISBN: 0-421-87020-6

Guenter Treitel, Treitel on the Law of Contract (11th edition) (Sweet & Maxwell 2003)

Other notes:Around one-quarter of the text was new for this edition.

ISBN: 9780421788503

Guenter Treitel, 'Contract: General Rules' in Peter Birks (ed), English Private Law (OUP 2002)

Abstract: The supplement discusses the principal developments in the English law of contract since the publication of the Main Work in 2000

ISBN: 0-19-924754-4

Guenter Treitel, 'Chapters 18-21 entitled respectively Overseas Sales in General, C.I.F. Contracts, F.O.B. Contracts, Other Special Terms and Provisions in Overseas Sales' in Benjamin's Sale of Goods (Sweet and Maxwell 2002)

Abstract: These chapters constitute some 30% of a new edition of the leading English work on Sale of Goods. The text of the chapters is entirely my own; it contains an up-to-date account of the law governing overseas sales. Legislation and judicial decisions since the last edition (1999) have led to far-reaching changes in and additions to the text.

ISBN: 0-421-72950-3

Guenter Treitel, 'Some Comparative Notes on English and American Contract Law' (2002) SMU Law Review 9

Abstract: The title is largely self-explanatory. Topics covered include third party beneficiaries, unexpected supervening events, Restatements and Codes, and Civil Law influences.

ISBN: 1066-1271

Guenter Treitel, 'Chapter 2 : The Agreement; Chapter 3 : Consideration; Chapter 19 : Third Parties; Chapter 28 : Specific Performance and Injunction; Chapter 40 ; Gaming and Wagering' in Chitty on Contracts ( 2001)

Abstract: These pages are part of a Supplement designed to bring up to date the leading practitioners book on the English law of contract. The pages deal with the parts of the book written by me.

ISBN: 0 421 762403