This textbook is a clear and straightforward introduction to contract law combining focussed case coverage with incisive analysis. Based on the seminal work by Professor Sir JC Smith, it has been fully modernized by prize-winning author Paul S. Davies. It is the ideal text for students approaching this subject for the first time, and covers all key topics which students need to study. With a strong focus on cases, JC Smith's The Law of Contract guides the reader through the intricacies of contract law with expert analysis ensuring key points are clear. The structure of the text assists students in preparing for assignments and exams through the problem and essay questions at the end of each chapter, further reading suggestions, and chapters that are easy to navigate. All this combined with the features on the accompanying Online Resource Centre provides students with the complete package they need to excel on contract law courses.

Paul S. Davies is Associate Professor in Law at the University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in Law at St Catherine's College, Oxford, teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Paul was previously a Fellow and College Lecturer in Law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was also a Newton Trust Lecturer in the Faculty of Law. He currently teaches contract and trusts at undergraduate level, and commercial remedies at graduate level. In 2015 Paul won a Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship awarded by the Society of Legal Scholars for his book Accessory Liability (Hart Studies in Private Law: Hart Publishing, 2015).