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The first cumulative supplement to this essential first point of reference on English private law covers all developments in the key areas of this subject up to December 2001. It will be an essential purchase for all who have already bought the main work, and maintains the currency of the (two volume) main work itself.

Peter Birks is the Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College. He was made an Honorary Queen's Counsel in 1995 and is a fellow of the British Academy.

Preface

ix

Tables of Cases

xi

Tables of Legislation, Treaties and Conventions

xxv

I SOURCES OF LAW

Sources of Law

1

(4)

John Bell

II THE LAW OF PERSONS

Family

5

(8)

Stephen Cretney

Companies and Other Associations

13

(10)

Charles Mitchell

III THE LAW OF PROPERTY

Property: General Principles

23

(6)

William Swadling

Security

29

(8)

Lionel Smith

Intellectual Property

37

(6)

William Cornish

Succession

43

(6)

Roger Kerridge

IV THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS

Contract: General Rules

49

(14)

Sir Guenter Treitel

Agency and Representation

63

(6)

Francis Reynolds

Sale of Goods

69

(4)

Ewan McKendrick

Carriage of Goods by Sea

73

(4)

Francis Reynolds

Employment

77

(6)

Mark Freedland

Bailment

83

(4)

Norman Palmer

Tort

87

(12)

John Davies

Unjust Enrichment

99

(10)

Peter Birks

Charles Mitchell

V LITIGATION

Insolvency

109

(10)

Michael Bridge

Private International Law

119

(18)

Adrian Briggs

Judicial Remedies

137

(6)

Andrew Burrows

Civil Procedure

143

(34)

Neil Andrews

Bibliography

177

(2)

Index

179

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English Private Law First Updating Supplement

English Private Law First Updating Supplement

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