The new edition of Cheshire & Fifoot: Law of Contract gives a full description of important legislation enacted since the previous edition, including the new Competition and Consumer Act and Australian Consumer Law. It also takes into account all relevant decisions of the High Court and of senior appellate courts in the States and Territories in that period, as well as numerous other significant decisions.

This book contains the most uptodate and comprehensive selection available of Australian cases on contract law. It contains all modern decisions of the High Court in this field, and a substantial selection of cases from other courts. The 2009 edition includes 4 new decisions of the High Court, as well as other important new decisions delivered by Australian courts in the past year. The book differs from other casebooks in a number of ways: Meticulous linebyline editing technique. All judgments are incorporated, including dissents. All significant doctrinal content is preserved. Useful citations and footnotes are retained. Running reference to original paragraph or page numbers. Cases are presented in chronological sequence. There is also a comprehensive index.

Considers nature of contract law in Australia; suggests exchange in Aboriginal Australia is a relational view of contract; argues for recognition of Aboriginal customary law.