Key Ideas in Contract Law - Paperbackby Nicholas McBride (Author) This book introduces the reader to a number of ideas and issues that underlie the English law of contract an area of law that is often regarded as forbiddingly dry and technical but which is here made easy to understand and full of interest. Taking as its starting point the role contract law plays in helping markets to operate, the book explains how contract law regulates the commercial risks people take, while at the same