Force Majeure and Frustration of Contract edited by Ewan Mcken-Drick

Abstract

Force Majeure and Frustration of Contract, edited by Ewan Mcken-Drick Published by Lloyd's of London Press Ltd, Colchester, U.K. (1991. XXX + 234 pp. incl. Contents, Table of Cases, Legislation, Index.). Hardback. Price £55 (U.K.). The law of frustration is seen as a basic element of any legal education; force majeure clauses, on the other hand, are all too often completely ignored. Given that such clauses are commonplace and figure in the bulk of commercial litigation relating to impossibility of performance, such a one-sided approach can scarcely be viewed as adequate, whether for practical or academic purposes. It is refreshing, therefore, to find in this collection of essays, Force Majeure and Frustration of Contract , a work that sets out to examine in depth both …