This book is a second edition of Interpretation of Contracts (2007). The original work examined various issues surrounding the question of how contracts should be interpreted by courts, in particular focusing on the law of contract interpretation following Lord Hoffmann’s exposition of the principles of contextual interpretation in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896.  Meer

English contract law provides the invisible framework that underpins and enables much contracting activity in society, yet the role of the law in policing many of our contracts now approaches vanishing point.  Meer

This book is a second edition of Interpretation of Contracts (2007). The original work examined various issues surrounding the question of how contracts should be interpreted by courts, in particular focusing on the law of contract interpretation following Lord Hoffmann’s exposition of the principles of contextual interpretation in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896.  Meer

Departing from the literature on contract law and commercial expectations, this book moves contract law beyond a simple dichotomy between contextualist and formalist legal reasoning, to a responsive approach to the regulation of commercial agreements.  Meer

This book offers a succinct account of why English contract law now faces functional and moral redundancy. It explores the diminishing role of the English common law of contract as a regulatory force in modern society, the implications of its decline and possibilities, if any, for its revival.  Meer