Teaching Contract My Way, Volume One by David McLauchlan

By Professor David McLauchlan

This book seeks to explain and illustrate Professor David McLauchlan's approach to teaching the law of contract. It does so by, for the most part, reproducing the text of a selection of classes he has conducted over more than 50 years of teaching the  subject. The aim of these classes is to assist the development of the analytical, critical and other lawyering skills that will equip students for their future careers in the law while at the same time ensuring that they have a firm grounding in the core principles of thelaw. In this respect the book is unique.

Volume One contains a selection of case and statute analyses in the area of contract formation (including privity). The chapters traverse the principles of formation in the context of Socratic discussions of key cases and statutes between a familiar-sounding professor and hypothetical student.  This approach allows for different issues, topics and fact patterns to be explored in a way that is engaging, enlightening and entertaining.

Teaching Contract Law: My Way is a book for all readers of law - from students early in their legal development to members of the profession and even the judiciary who need a refreshed reference to the law of contract.  It is a testament to Professor McLauchlan's commitment to this great subject  , and the thousands of students who have passed through his courses.