
Poole's Casebook on Contract Law
Oxford University Press
16th Edition
Will be published approx. on 31. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
872 pages
978-0-19-288508-1 (ISBN)
Description
All the cases you need, together with the tools to understand them. This contract casebook presents all the leading cases, supplemented by succinct author commentary and thought-provoking questions to deepen understanding.
Poole's Casebook on Contract Law takes a uniquely supportive approach to give students the confidence to engage with and analyse judgments.
Digital formats and resources:
The sixteenth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
A selection of online resources accompanies this text, including:
- Exercises and guidance on reading cases
Poole's Casebook on Contract Law takes a uniquely supportive approach to give students the confidence to engage with and analyse judgments.
Digital formats and resources:
The sixteenth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
A selection of online resources accompanies this text, including:
- Exercises and guidance on reading cases
More details
Edition
16th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-288508-1 (9780192885081)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Robert Merkin KC is Professor of Law, University of Reading; Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Exeter; and Special Counsel to Duncan Cotterill. Robert has written a number of texts and articles on contract, insurance and arbitration. He is co-editor of the Lloyd's Law Reports. He was appointed Queen's Counsel (honoris causa) in 2015 and was awarded a higher doctorate by Cardiff University in the same year. In 2018 Rob became Honorary Life President of the International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA). He has co-edited the book Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole: Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Laws (Routledge, 2018).
Severine Saintier is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Cardiff. She is currently co-I with Exeter law colleague Dr Vessio in the externally funded and multidisciplinary project on circularity and the blockchain (https://circularrevolution.wales/about/) with Exeter Business School, Swansea University and Riversimple. She has co-edited Vulnerable Consumers and the Law, Consumer Protection and Access to Justice (Routledge, 2020) and written a number of articles for leading journals including the Journal of Business Law and the IEuropean Review of Private Law. Severine is co-author with Robert of the privity chapter in Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole: Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Laws (Routledge, 2018).
Severine Saintier is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Cardiff. She is currently co-I with Exeter law colleague Dr Vessio in the externally funded and multidisciplinary project on circularity and the blockchain (https://circularrevolution.wales/about/) with Exeter Business School, Swansea University and Riversimple. She has co-edited Vulnerable Consumers and the Law, Consumer Protection and Access to Justice (Routledge, 2020) and written a number of articles for leading journals including the Journal of Business Law and the IEuropean Review of Private Law. Severine is co-author with Robert of the privity chapter in Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole: Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Laws (Routledge, 2018).
Author
Professor of Law, University of Reading and Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Exeter
Professor of Commercial Law, University of Cardiff
Content
1: Guidance on reading cases Part 1 Formation 2: Agreement 3: Enforceability of promises: consideration and promissory estoppel 4: Intention to be legally bound, formalities and capacity to contract Part 2 Content, Interpretation, Performance and Privity 5: Content of the contract and principles of interpretation 6: Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms 7: Privity of contract and third party rights Part 3 Vitiating Factors 8: Mistake 9: Misrepresentation 10: Duress, undue influence, and unconscionable bargains 11: Illegality Part 4 Performance and Termination of Contract 12: Discharge by frustration: subsequent impossibility 13: Breach of contract 14: Damages for breach of contract 15: Remedies providing for specific relief and restitutionary remedies