Christie’s The law of contract 6th Edition

Since the publication of the 5th edition of this work there have been a number of important judgments particularly those dealing with unfairness in contracts. Included in these are the 2007 Constitutional Court judgment in Barkhuizen v Napier; a series of Supreme Court of Appeal cases, and a number of High Court decisions. There have also been important decisions on, among other issues, conditional contracts; formalities; contracts with the state; interpretation of contracts, and rectification of contracts. The intervening period has also seen significant developments on the statutory front in the field of consumer protection, most importantly the National Credit Act and the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008.

1. Historical introduction
2. Agreement
3. Formalities
4. Conditional contracts
5. The terms of the contract
6. Parties to the contract
7. Misrepresentation and fraud
8. Mistake
9. Illegality and unenforceability
10. Performance
11. Variation and discharge
12. Mora and breach
13. Remedies for breach

RH CHRISTIE
QC MA LLB (Cantab) FCIArb FAArb
President, Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa)
Honorary Professorial Research Associate, University of Cape Town

GB BRADFIELD
BCOM LLB (Natal, Durban) LLM (Cape Town)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Commercial Law, University of Cape Town
Attorney of the High Court of South Africa