Universal Bibliography/Law/Contract

This page is part of a pan-jurisdictional bibliography of law. This part of the Universal Bibliography is a bibliography of contract.


 * Chitty on Contracts. 31st Ed: 2012
 * Anson's Law of Contract. [Anson on Contracts]. 31st Ed: 2020: . 30th Ed: 2016: . 29th Ed: 2010: . Principles of the English Law of Contract. 1879: . Principles of the Law of Contract. American Ed: 1880:.
 * Treitel. The Law of Contract. Treitel on the Law of Contract. 15th Ed: 2020. 14th Ed: 2015: . 2nd Ed: 1966:
 * Davies on Contract.
 * JC Smith's the Law of Contract. 3rd Ed: 2021:
 * John Cyril Smith. The Law of Contract. 4th Ed: 2002: . 3rd Ed: 1998: . 1989:.
 * Cheshire, Fifoot, and Furmston's Law of Contract. 17th Ed: 2017:
 * Poole's Textbook on Contract Law. 15th Ed: 2021: . 14th Ed: 2019: . Textbook on Contract Law. 13th Ed: 2016: . 12th Ed: 2014: . 9th Ed: 2008.
 * Williston on Contracts. A Treatise on the Law of Contracts.
 * Corbin on Contracts
 * Murray on Contracts. 4th Ed: 2001: . 5th Ed: 2011:
 * T Antony Downes. Textbook on Contract. Blackstone Press. 1987. 2nd Ed: 1991. 3rd Ed: 1993. 4th Ed: 1995. 5th Ed: 1997:
 * Major and Taylor. 9th Ed: 1996. 1999. . Major and Harvey. Law of Contract. 8th Ed: 1993. William T Major. Law of Contract. 7th Ed: 1988. Review: . 5th Ed: 1978. 4th Ed: 1974. 2nd Ed: 1967. 1st Ed: 1965. (M & E Handbook. Macdonald & Evans.)
 * Collins. The Law of Contract. (Law in Context). 1986. 2nd Ed: 1993. 3rd Ed: 1997. 4th Ed: 2003:.
 * Calamari and Perillo on Contracts. (Hornbook Series). 5th Ed: 2003: . Catalogue: . 6th Ed: 2009. 7th Ed: 2014. The Law of Contracts. 1970. 2nd Ed: 1977. 3rd Ed: 1987. 4th Ed: 1998:.
 * Calamari and Perillo. Contracts. 1983: . 2nd Ed: 1990:.
 * Farnsworth on Contracts. 1990. 2nd Ed: 1998. v1: . 3rd Ed: 2004:.
 * Hunter. Modern Law of Contracts.
 * 1986: Volume title "Breach-Remedies".
 * 1987: Volume title "Formation . . . ":.
 * 1991 Cumulative Supplement No 2: . Revised Ed: looseleaf: 1993. 1993 Cumulative Supplement: . 1994. Cumulatve Supplements: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998. 2nd Revised Ed: 1999. Supplements: 2000, 2001, 2002 . ..
 * Macaulay, Kidwell and Whitford. Contracts: Law in Action. 1st Ed: 1995.
 * Volume 1: The Introductory Course. LexisNexis. 2nd Ed: 2002:
 * Volume 2: The Advanced Course.
 * Contracts: Law in Action: The Concise Course. LexisNexis. 2nd Ed: 2003:
 * Sutton and Shannon on Contracts. 1933. (4th Ed of Pease and Latter's Students' Summary of the Law of Contracts). Review: . 2nd Ed: 1937. Reviews:   . 3rd Ed: 1944. Review: . 4th Ed: 1949. Review: . 5th Ed: 1956. Review: . 6th Ed: 1963. Reviews:  . 7th Ed: 1970. Reviews:.
 * Pease and Landon's Law of Contract. Pease and Landon's Students' Summary of the Law of Contract. 1925. (3rd Ed of Pease and Latter's Student's Summary of the Law of Contracts). Reviews:         . As to Phillip A Landon, see
 * Pease and Latter's Student's Summary of the Law of Contracts. 1909. 2nd Ed: 1913. Reviews:.
 * Simpson. Hanbook of the Law of Contracts. 1954. 2nd Ed: 1965:
 * Pollock's Principles of Contract. 13th Ed: 1950: . Pollock on the Principles of Contract. Pollock on Principles of Contract at Law and Equity. 3rd Ed: 1881. American Ed: 1881.
 * Winfield and Salmond. Principles of the Law of Contracts. 1927. J Williams. 2nd Ed: 1945.
 * Morawetz. Elements of the Law of Contracts. 2nd Ed: 1927:.
 * Lawson on Contracts. The Principles of the American Law of Contracts at Law and in Equity. 1st Ed: 1893: . Review: . 2nd Ed: 1905. Review: . 3rd Ed: 1923.
 * Leake on Contracts. Leake on the Law of Contracts. Principles of the Law of Contracts. 7th Ed: 1921. An Elementary Digest of the Law of Contracts. 2nd Ed: 1878: . The Elements of the Law of Contracts. 1867:.
 * Page. The Law of Contracts. 1905: . 2nd Ed: 1920:.
 * Ashley on Contracts. The Law of Contracts. 1911. . Commentary:
 * Bishop on Contracts. Commentaries on the Law of Contracts. 2nd Ed: 1907. 1878.
 * Beach on Contracts. A Treatise on the Modern Law of Contracts. 1896.
 * Harriman. Elements of the Law of Contracts. 1896.
 * Parsons on Contracts. 8th Ed: 1893. 6th Ed: 1873.
 * Addison on Contracts. 1888: . 8th Ed: 1882. 4th American Ed: 1883.
 * John W Smith. Smith on Contracts. 8th Ed: 1885. Catalogue: . 7th Ed: 1879. 6th American Ed: 1879. 7th American Ed: 1885.
 * Plumptre on Contracts. 1879.
 * Shearwood on Outline of Contracts. 1879.
 * Gibbons on Contracts. 3rd Ed: 1875.
 * Story on Contracts. William Wetmore Story. Law of Contracts. 5th Ed: 1874. 4th Ed: 1856.
 * Hilliard on Contracts. Hilliard on the Law of Contracts. 1872.
 * Metcalf on the Law of Contracts. 1867.
 * Chipman on Contracts. Chipman on the Law of Contracts. 1852.
 * Eaton's Supplement to Chipman on Contracts
 * Verplanck on Contracts. 1825.
 * Newland on Contracts. London. 1806. Philadelphia. 1821.
 * Powell on Contracts. Powell on Contracts and Agreements. 1790. 6th American Ed: 1825.


 * Atiyah's Introduction to the Law of Contract
 * Odgers. Introduction to the Law of Contracts. 1948.
 * Stephen Graw. An Introduction to the Law of Contract. 1990. 2nd Ed: 1993. Review: . 3rd Ed: 1998. 4th Ed: 2002. 5th Ed: 2005. 6th Ed: 2008. 7th Ed: 2012: . 8th Ed: 2015. 9th Ed: 2017: . 10th Ed: 2021.
 * Graw's Introduction to the Law of Contract Computorial. Review:
 * Graw's Introduction to the Law of Contract in New Zealand.
 * Frey, Bitting and Frey. An Introduction to the Law of Contracts. 3rd Ed: 2000: . 4th Ed: 2007:
 * Instructors Manual.
 * Cartwright. Contract Law: An Introduction to the English Law of Contract for the Civil Lawyer. 3rd Ed: 2016:
 * Hoekstra. Introduction to Contract Law.


 * Langdell. Summary of the Law of Contracts. 2nd Ed: 1880.

Metabibliography
 * Kramer. Contract Law: An Index and Digest of Published Writings. 2010.

Periodicals
 * Journal of Contract Law

Cases
 * Mitchell and Mitchell (eds). Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract. 2008.
 * Langdell. Leading Cases on Contracts. 2nd Ed: 1879.

Casebooks
 * Fuller. Basic Contract Law. 1947. Fuller and Braucher. 2nd Ed: 1964: . Fuller and Eisenberg. 3rd Ed: 1972. . 4th Ed: 1981 . 9th Ed: 2013. . (American Casebook).
 * Ayres and Speidel. Studies in Contract Law. 7th Ed: 2008. . Murphy and Speidel. 3rd Ed: 1984. 1970.  (University Casebook).
 * Mueller and Rossett. Contract Law and Its Application. 1971. 2nd Ed: 1977. (University Casebook). 9th Ed: 2016:
 * Calamari, Perillo, Bender and Brown. Cases and Problems on Contracts. (American Casebook Series). 5th Ed: 2007: . 7th Ed:  2018:.
 * Farnsworth and Young. Contracts: Cases and Materials. Cases and Materials on Contract. (University Casebook Series). 3rd Ed: 1980: . 4th Ed: 1988. 5th Ed: 1995: . 6th Ed: 2001:.

History
 * Salmond, "The History of Contract" (1887) 3 LQR 166
 * Simpson. A History of the Common Law of Contract.
 * Stoljar. A History of Contract at Common Law. Australian National University Press. Canberra. 1975.
 * Teeven. A History of the Anglo-American Common Law of Contract.
 * Street. History and Theory of English Contract Law.
 * Warren Swain. The Law of Contract 1670–1870. 2015.
 * Barbour. The History of Contract in Early English Equity.
 * Buckler. The Origin and History of Contract in Roman Law.

Questions
 * Aldred's Questions on the Law of Contracts. 1882. Reviews:  . Cf "Special Questions on the Law of Contracts" (1876)

Comparative law; international restatement
 * International Encylopedia of Comparative Law.
 * Contracts in General. Volume 7.
 * Chapter 11. 2001.
 * Chapter 16. 1976.
 * Specific Contracts. Volume 8.
 * Bonell. An International Restatement of Contract Law. 3rd Ed: 2005:

Interpretation
 * Jones. A Treatise on the Construction or Interpretation of Commercial and Trade Contracts.1886.
 * Cornelius. Principles of the Interpretation of Contracts in South Africa. 2002. 2nd Ed: 2007. 3rd Ed: 2016.
 * Cornelius. The Interpretation of Contracts in South African Law. 1999. (Thesis)

Specific performance
 * Fry on Specific Performance of Contracts. 3rd Ed: 1892: . 4th Ed: 1903. 5th Ed: 1911. 6th Ed: 1921: . American Editions. 2nd: 1871: . 3rd: 1884:
 * Pomeroy on Contracts. Pomeroy on Specific Performance of Contracts. 1879.

Scotland
 * MacQueen and Thomson on Contract Law in Scotland. 5th Ed: 2020: . 4th Ed: 2016:.
 * Woolman and Black on Contract. 6th Ed: 2018: . Woolman on Contract. 5th Ed: 2014. 4th Ed: 2010. 3rd Ed: 2001. 2nd Ed: 1994. Review: . (Greens Concise Scots Law). An Introduction to the Scots Law of Contract. 1987. Reviews:.
 * Little. Scottish Contract Law Essentials. 3rd Ed: 2015:.
 * McBryde, William W. The Law of Contract in Scotland. 1987. Review: . 2nd Ed: 2001. 2nd Supplement: 2003. 3rd Ed: 2007. Review:.
 * Walker. The Law of Contracts and Related Obligations in Scotland. 1979: . 2nd Ed: 1985. 3rd Ed: 1995.
 * Gloag, William Murray. The Law of Contracts. A Treatise on the Principles of Contract in the Law of Scotland. 1914. 2nd Ed: 1929..

Cases
 * Marshall, Enid A. Scottish Cases on Contract. 1978. Review: 2nd Ed: 1993.

Ireland
 * Clark. Contract Law in Ireland. 8th Ed: 2016:.
 * McDermott. Contract Law. 2nd Ed: 2017:.
 * Kelly. Contracts Law in Ireland. 2021.
 * Enright. Principles of Irish Contract Law. 2007.
 * Molloy. Contract Law for Students. 2020.

Australia
 * Paterson, Robertson and Duke. Principles of Contract Law. 5th Ed: 2016:.
 * Contract: Cases and Materials. 13th Ed: 2015:.
 * Gooley, Radan and Vickovich. Principles of Australian Contract Law. 2007: . 2nd Ed: 2010. 3rd Ed: 2013: . 4th Ed: 2018. Radan and Vickovich. 5th Ed: 2020.
 * Principles of Australian Contract Law: Cases and Materials. 2007: . 2nd Ed: 2010. 3rd Ed: 2014: . 4th Ed: 2017:.
 * Davis. Contract: General Principles: The Laws of Australia. 2006. 2nd Ed: 2012:.
 * Carter's Guide to Australian Contract Law. 2006. 2nd Ed: 2011. 3rd Ed: 2015: . 4th Ed: 2022.
 * Carter. Contract Law in Australia. 6th Ed: 2018. Carter and Harland. Contract Law in Australia. 3rd Ed: 1996: . Lindgren, Carter and Harland. 1986.
 * Cheshire and Fifoot Law of Contract. 11th Australian Ed: 2017.
 * May Fong Cheong. Australian Contract Law: Principles and Cases. 2020.
 * Clarke and Clarke. Contract Law: Commentaries, Cases and Perspectives. 3rd Ed: 2016:.
 * Stewart, Swain and Fairweather. Contract Law: Principles and Context. 2019:.
 * Willmott, Christensen, Butler and Dixon. Contract Law. 5th Ed: 2018:.
 * Harris and Croese. Contract Law in Context. 2014.
 * Khoury and Yamouni. Understanding Contract Law. 8th Ed: 2010:.
 * Clark, Griggs, Cho and Hoyle. Contract Law in Australia. 2013.


 * Carter. Cases and Materials on Contract Law in Australia. 6th Ed: 2011:.
 * Yin, Kozlina, Green, Siliquini-Cinelli, Laryea and Spagnolo. Contract Law: Cases and Materials. 2021.


 * Eldridge and Pilkington. Australian Contract Law in the 21st Century. 2021.


 * Carter's Breach of Contract. 2011: . 2nd Ed: 2018. 1st Hart Ed: 2012. 2nd Hart Ed: 2019:.

New Zealand See New Zealand.

South Africa
 * Christie's Law of Contract in South Africa. 7th Ed: 2016. The Law of Contract in South Africa. 1981. 2nd Ed: 1991:.
 * Hutchinson and Pretorius (eds). The Law of Contract in South Africa.
 * Wessels' Law of Contract in South Africa. 1937. 2nd Ed: 1951.
 * Huyssteen and Maxwell. Contract Law in South Africa. 6th Ed

East Africa
 * Hodgin. Law of Contract in East Africa.

Nigeria
 * Sagay. Nigerian Law of Contract. 1985.

United States
 * Farnsworth. United States Contract Law. 1991.

Europe
 * Principles of European Contract Law

Specific contracts
 * Chitty on Contracts. Volume 2: Specific Contracts.
 * Lötz and Nagel. Specific Contracts in Court. 1999.
 * International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law. Volume 8: Specific Contracts.

Contracts of sale; Contracts of sale of goods

See the chapters in Chitty and in Lötz and Nagel. See also the relevant material in books on the sale and supply of goods and services.


 * Voet's Contract of Sale. Pandects. Part 1: Contract of Sale. Translated by R K Wilson. 1881.
 * Atkinson. The Law on the Contract of Sale. 1853.
 * Pothier on the Contract of Sale. Translated by Cushing. 1839.


 * Gabriel. Contracts for the Sale of Goods. 2nd Ed: 2009:
 * Willis. The Law Relating to Contract of Sale of Goods. 1902: . Hibbert (ed). 2nd Ed: 1921:
 * Blackburn on Sales. Contract of Sale. A Treatise on the Effect of the Contract of Sale; on the Legal Rights of Property and Possession in Goods, Wares, and Merchandize London: 1845: . American Ed: Philadelphia: 1847: . 2nd Ed: 1885: . From the Second English Edition: 1896: . 3rd Ed: 1910:.
 * Bell. Inquiries into the Contract of Sale of Goods and Merchandise. 1845.


 * Williams. The Contract of Sale of Land: as affected by the Legislation of 1925. 1930.
 * Bingham on Executory Contracts. The Law of Executory Contracts for the Sale of Real Property. 1872.


 * Moyle. The Contract of Sale in the Civil Law. 1892.


 * Ross. Leading Cases in the Commercial Law of England and Scotland. 1855. Volume 2: Contract of Sale.

Building contracts

See Chitty on Contracts, vol 2 on specific contracts.
 * Vance. Building Contracts: A Bibliography. 1985.
 * International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law. Volume 8: Specific Contracts. Chapter 8: Contracts for Work on Goods and Building Contracts.
 * Keating on Building Contracts. 4th Ed: 1978. 5th Ed: 1991. 6th Ed: 1995. 7th Ed: 2001. 1st Supplement: 2003. 8th Ed: 2006. Keating on Construction Contracts. 9th Ed: 2012: . Law and Practice of Building Contracts. 1955: . 2nd Ed: 1963: . 3rd Ed: 1969:.
 * Brooking on Building Contracts
 * Hudson on Building Contracts. [Building and Engineering Contracts]. 1891: . Review: . 2nd Ed: 1895: . 3rd Ed: 1907: . 4th Ed: 1914. 11th Ed: 1995. Hudson's Building and Engineering Contracts. 12th Ed.
 * Emden's Building Contracts and Practice. 8th Ed: 1980. Emden's Building Contracts. Emden on Building Contracts. The Law relating to Building Leases and Building Contracts. 1882: . Law of Building, Building Leases and Building Contracts. 2nd Ed: 1885: . 4th Ed: 1907:
 * Emden and Watson on Building Contracts and Practice. Watson on Building Contracts. Gill. 6th Ed: 1962. Review:
 * Emden and Gill's Building Contracts and Practice. 7th Ed: 1969. Review:
 * Sanders on Building Contracts and Practice. 1967: . Robert Smelie. 2nd Ed: 1979. Review: . (New Zealand).
 * Evans. Building Contracts. 1922.
 * Jenkins and Raymond on Building Contracts. 1873.
 * Lloyd on Building Contracts. [Law of Building and Buildings]. 1888: . 2nd Ed: 1894:.
 * Building Contracts. International Textbook Company. 1907.
 * "Building Contracts" in "Contracts and Contractors" (1899) 21 Carpentry and Building 175 (July 1899)


 * Chappell. Building Contract Claims. 4th Ed: 2005:.


 * Powell-Smith and Furmston's Building Contract Casebook. 4th Ed: 2006:.

Scotland
 * MacRoberts on Scottish Building Contracts

New Zealand

See Sanders above.

Canada
 * Goldsmith. Canadian Building Contracts.