English contract law textbook
Chitty on Contracts English contract law . The textbook is now in its 35th edition. The first editors were Joseph Chitty the Younger and Thompson Chitty, sons of Joseph Chitty .[ 1]
Contents
Part I – Introduction
Part 2 – Formation of Contract
Chapter 2 – The Agreement, Chapter 3 – Consideration, Chapter 4 – Form, Chapter 5 – Mistake, Chapter 6 – Misrepresentation, Chapter 7 – Duress and Undue Influence
Part 3 – Capacity of Parties
Chapter 8 – Personal Incapacity, Chapter 9 – Corporations and Unincorporated Associations, Chapter 10 – The Crown, Public Authorities and the European Union, Chapter 11 – Political Immunity and Incapacity
Part 4 – The Terms of Contract
Chapter 12 – Express Terms, Chapter 13 – Implied Terms, Chapter 14 – Exemption Clauses, Chapter 15 – Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
Part 5 – Illegality and Public Policy:
Chapter 16 – Illegality and Public Policy
Part 6 – Joint Obligations, Third Parties, and Assignment
Chapter 17 – Joint Obligations, Chapter 18 – Third Parties, Chapter 19 – Assignment, Chapter 20 – Death and Bankruptcy
Part 7 – Performance and Discharge
Chapter 21 – Performance, Chapter 22 – Discharge By Agreement, Chapter 23 – Discharge By Frustration, Chapter 24 – Discharge By Breach, Chapter 25 – Other Modes of Discharge
Part 8 – Remedies for Breach of Contract
Chapter 26 – Damages, Chapter 27 – Specific Performance and Injunction, Chapter 28 – Limitation of Actions
Part 9 – Restitution
Part 10 – Conflict of Laws
Chapter 31 – Agency
Chapter 32 – Arbitration
Chapter 33 – Bailment
Chapter 34 – Bills of Exchange and Banking
Chapter 35 – Carriage By Air
Chapter 36 – Carriage By Land
Chapter 37 – Construction Contracts
Chapter 38 – Credit and Security
Chapter 39 – Employment
Chapter 40 – Gambling Contracts
Chapter 41 – Insurance
Chapter 42 – Restrictive Agreements and Competition
Chapter 43 – Sale of Goods
Chapter 44 – Suretyship
Editions
Edition
Main editor
Date
A Treatise on the law of contracts
1
Joseph Chitty 1826
2
Joseph Chitty
1834
3
Thompson Chitty 1841
4
John Archibald Russell 1851
5
John Archibald Russell
1853
6
John Archibald Russell
1857
7
John Archibald Russell
1863
8
John Archibald Russell
1868
9
John Archibald Russell
1871
10
John Archibald Russell
1876
11
John Archibald Russell
1881
12
John Mountency Lely 1890
13
John Mountency Lely
1896
14
John Mountency Lely
1904
15
Wyatt Wyatt-Paine (1855-1935)1909
16
Wyatt Wyatt-Paine
1912
17
Wyatt Wyatt-Paine
1921
18
W. A. Macfarlane 1930
19
Harold Potter
1937
20
Harold Potter
1947
Chitty on Contracts
21
Kenneth Scott
1955
22
John Morris
1961
23
Anthony Gordon Guest 1968
24
Anthony Gordon Guest
1977
25
Anthony Gordon Guest
1983
26
Anthony Gordon Guest
1989
27
Anthony Gordon Guest
1994
28
Hugh Beale 1999
29
Hugh Beale
2004
30
Hugh Beale
2008
31
Hugh Beale
2012
32
Hugh Beale
2015
33
Hugh Beale
2017
34
Hugh Beale
31 October 2021
35
Hugh Beale
30 November 2023
See also
References
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Notes
^ Chitty on Contracts . Vol. 1 (31st ed.). London: Sweet & Maxwell. 2012. p. iii. ISBN 9780414047990