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Originally published in 1981, Christie's Law of Contract inSouth Africa is well established as a leading authority in thefield of contract law. It presents a thorough and completeexposition of the general principles of the law of contract asevolved and applied by the courts.The seventh edition deals with recent case law on a varietyof issues including electronic signatures; compliance withstatutorily prescribed formalities for contractual validity;developments relating to agreements to negotiate;economic duress and undue influence; simulated contracts;reciprocity in contract; interim interdicts; and the remedy ofspecific performance. Additions that are more substantialinclude expanded treatment of the role of good faith in thelaw of contract. This tracks the continuing tension betweenthe Supreme Court of Appeal and Constitutional Courtregarding the extent of that role, with the latter courtpressing for a greater role for good faith but not providingsufficient clarity on what good faith means in the context ofcontract law or on what role it envisages for good faith. Thistension has caused difficulties which are reflected incertain High Court decisions.This edition deals with the now well-established approachto interpretation of contracts, with the implications thisapproach has for the related issue of admissibility ofevidence to assist in ascertaining meaning. The sectiondealing with restraint-of-trade provisions has been rewrittento reflect more accurately partial enforcement of theseprovisions, without recourse to notions of severability, ashas the section on extinctive prescription, to reflectdevelopments in clarifying particularly the scope ofapplication of the relevant provisions in the Prescription Actand interruption of the running of prescription.In addition, changes have been introduced to the formattingto improve ease of reference. These include sectionheadings within, and tables of contents for, chapters andcross-referencing to sections rather than to pages, as wasdone in previous editions.
