Most commercial contracts contain exclusion clauses and indemnities. Much effort is spent negotiating them, and yet they are often poorly understood. This book provides a practical guide to approaching these clauses so as to ensure your interests are best protected. The importance of each clause is highlighted along with helpful tips drawn from the long experience of the authors in drafting, negotiating and interpreting commercial contracts in their everyday practice.

Every commercial transaction involves risk. Negotiating the terms of a contract that gives effect to a transaction provides an opportunity to transfer that risk to someone else through the use of common drafting mechanisms including warranties, indemnities, exclusion clauses and insurance clauses. This book provides a practical guide to approaching these clauses so as to ensure your interests are best protected. The importance of each clause is highlighted along with helpful tips drawn from the long experience of the authors in drafting, negotiating and interpreting commercial contracts in their everyday practice.

Considers H.R. 8496 and companion S. 2042, to extend the Price-Anderson Act for 10 years and to reduce governmental liability for nuclear incidents. Includes article by David F. Cavers, "Improving Financial Protection of the Public Against the Hazards of Nuclear Power," Harvard Law Review, Feb. 1964 (p. 396-440).

Considers (87) H.R. 9244, (87) H.R. 5215, (87) S. 1144, (87) H.R. 7798, (87) S. 2147.

A journal of liability, ethics and discipline.

The fifth edition of Ewan McKendrick's Contract Law: Text, Cases, and Materials provides a complete guide to the subject in a single volume, containing everything needed for the study of contract law at undergraduate level. Written by an experienced author and leading authority in the field, this is a popular text with students and lecturers alike. The book comprises a unique balance of 40% text to 60% cases and materials, combining the best features of a textbook with those of a traditional casebook. The author's clear explanations and analyses of the law provide invaluable support to students, while the extracts from cases and materials promote the development of essential case reading skills and allow for a more detailed appreciation of the practical workings of the law, and of the best legal scholarship.