Chitty on Contracts English contract law . The textbook is now in its 36th edition. The first editors were Joseph Chitty the Younger and Thompson Chitty, sons of Joseph Chitty .[ 1]
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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
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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
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
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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
T E L (1932) 4 Cambridge Law Journal 415
P H D (1938) 6 Cambridge Law Journal 470
H Barnes (1956) 14 Cambridge Law Journal 127
J C Smith (1962) 20 Cambridge Law Journal 262
L S Sealy, "Book Reviews" (1970) 28 Cambridge Law Journal 159
Gareth Jones (1978) 37 Cambridge Law Journal 346
S M Woodward (1984) 43 Cambridge Law Journal 201
Richard Hooley (2000) 59 Cambridge Law Journal 618
R S T Chorley (1938) 1 Modern Law Review 329
L C B G (1949) 12 Modern Law Review 149
J Unger (1956) 19 Modern Law Review 450
Ewan McKendrick, "Reviews" (1991) 54 Modern Law Review 162
J E M Hancock (1939) 3 University of Toronto Law Journal 197
S F Sommerfeld (1949) 8 University of Toronto Law Journal 165
Arthur L Corbin, "Book Reviews" (1922) 31 Yale Law Journal 452
B D Inglis, "Book Reviews" (1957) 6 American Journal of Comparative Law 605
Chin Tet Yung (1985) 27 Malaya Law Review 470
"Law Library" (1896) 101 The Law Times 378 (15 August 1896)
↑ Chitty on Contracts . Vol. 1 (31st ed.). London: Sweet & Maxwell. 2012. p. iii. ISBN 9780414047990
