{"product_id":"discharge-of-contractual-obligations-jordan-english-9780198906674","title":"Discharge of Contractual Obligations","description":"Challenging orthodox understandings within modern contract law, \u003cem\u003eDischarge of Contractual Obligations\u003c\/em\u003e provides an innovative doctrinal, historical, and theoretical account of the discharge of contractual obligations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book delves into a fundamental question: under what circumstances are parties released from their contractual duties for reasons other than performance of those duties? By re-examining cases of breach, frustration, and common mistake -- three key doctrines in modern English contract law -- this monograph demonstrates how these disparate areas of contract law are in fact instances of the discharge of contractual obligations due to a failure of condition. Championing the once-dominant 'failure of condition' model in English law, a straightforward yet groundbreaking explanation for discharge is proposed: ordinarily, parties do not promise to perform 'no matter what, ' but instead make promises that depend on various explicit and implicit conditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross ten comprehensive chapters, English explores the theoretical and practical implications of the modern shift to the 'power to terminate' model. Recognising that a wholesale return to the failure of condition model is improbable, the book charts a pragmatic course, illustrating how several practical issues - such as whether a party in breach can terminate due to the other party's breach - are effectively rectified by revitalising this forgotten approach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by a leading academic whose contributions to private law have been referenced by courts throughout the Commonwealth - such as the England and Wales High Court (Commercial Court) and the High Court of Australia - this is an essential text for scholars and practitioners of contract law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jordan English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198906676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198906674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jordan English","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962003837183,"sku":"9780198906674","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/discharge-of-contractual-obligations-jordan-english-9780198906674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}