Dear Colleagues:

1. Congratulations go out to Andrew Burrows on the publication of the fourth edition of A Casebook on Contracts. From the summary:

This is the fourth, fully updated, edition of Professor Burrows' casebook, offering law students the ideal way to discover and understand contract law through reading highlights from the leading cases. Designed to be used in conjunction with a contract law textbook, this book covers the undergraduate contract law course in a series of clearly presented and carefully structured chapters. The author provides an expert introduction to each topic and his succinct notes and questions seek to guide students to a proper understanding of the cases. The relevant statutes are also set out along with a principled analysis of them. In addition to cross-references to further discussion in the leading textbooks, an innovative feature is the summary of leading academic articles in each chapter. The book is designed not to overwhelm students by its length but covers all aspects of the law of contract most commonly found in the undergraduate curriculum.

2. List-members will also be interested in Landmark Cases in Land Law which contains articles written by leading land lawyers (some of whom are ODGers). From the summary:

Landmark Cases in Land Law is the sixth volume in the Landmark Cases series of collected essays on leading cases... .  The eleven cases in this volume cover the period 1834 to 2011, although, interestingly, no fewer than six of the cases were decided or reported in the 1980s.  The names of the selected cases will be familiar to property lawyers.  However, individually, the essays provide a reappraisal of the cases from a wide range of perspectives - focusing on their historical, social or theoretical context,  highlighting previously neglected aspects and even questioning their perceived importance.  Collectively, the essays explore several common themes that pervade the law of property – the numerus clausus principle, the conclusiveness of registration, the desirability of certainty in the law and the central question of the enforceability of interests through changes in ownership of land.  This volume provides a collection of essays that will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners.

Hart has graciously offered a 20% discount on either book if the attached order form is used.

Happy Reading,

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Jason Neyers
Cassels Brock LLP Faculty Fellow in Contract Law
Associate Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
Western University
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