
Poole's Casebook on Contract Law
Oxford University Press
15th Edition
Published on 17. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
856 pages
978-0-19-886998-6 (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 your 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 fifteenth 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 accompany this text, including:
- Exercises and guidance on reading cases
- Updates on new legislation, cases, and other legal developments
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 fifteenth 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 accompany this text, including:
- Exercises and guidance on reading cases
- Updates on new legislation, cases, and other legal developments
More details
Edition
15th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
1614 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-886998-6 (9780198869986)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Robert Merkin QC 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 Associate Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Exeter. 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 European 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).
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 Associate Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Exeter. 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 European 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; Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Exeter
Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University of Exeter
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
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