Introduction to <i>The Law Teacher</i> special issue on “New Trends in Teaching Contract Law”

The eight articles collected in this special issue on “New Trends in Teaching Contract Law” demonstrate that, despite being a core first-year module with large student numbers, contract law is a remarkably fertile ground for innovation in teaching and learning. This special issue contributes to a range of broader academic discussions on topics such as active learning, authentic assessment and visualisation techniques, framing those discussions in the context of contract law across different jurisdictions and teaching traditions, and the challenges of large group teaching specifically. Amidst unprecedented change both on and off the university campus, the subject of contract law is a constant where lasting innovations could be developed. We hope that the current selection of eight papers will provide food for thought for law teachers of contract and other large core modules in the English curriculum, and some of the ideas presented here may stimulate colleagues well beyond the core curriculum.