Casebook on Contract Law

Jill Poole's bestselling Casebook on Contract Law provides students with a comprehensive selection of case law which addresses all aspects of the subject encountered on undergraduate courses. Extracts have been chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the courts and to show how legal principles are developed. The cases can either be analysed and discussed independently or, taken as a whole, the cases form chapters that provide a sound understanding of the modern law of contract. The casebook is fully supported by an Online Resource Centre, which provides: Exercises and guidance on reading cases Guidance on answering questions in contract law Self-test questions and answers Review from previous edition This is a great supporting text for students new to the study of contract. Poole puts the law into context and also provides some excellent guidance to students on how to read a case Julia Burnside, Lecturer in Law, University of Lincoln An enormous amount of relevant case-law is analysed, interpreted, and summarised. It breaks down complicated cases into 'bite-sized chunks' Adrian Chandler, Professor of Contract Law, UWE Bristol1. Guidance on reading cases ; 2. Agreement ; 3. Agreement problems ; 4. Enforceability of promises: consideration and promissory estoppel ; 5. Intention to be legally bound and capacity to contract ; 6. Content of the contract and principles of interpretation ; 7. Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms ; 8. Breach of contract ; 9. Damages for breach of contract ; 10. Remedies providing for specific relief and restitutionary remedies ; 11. Privity of contract and third party rights ; 12. Discharge by frustration: subsequent impossibility ; 13. Common mistake: initial impossibility ; 14. Misrepresentation ; 15. Duress, undue influence, and unconscionability ; 16. Illegality