Casebook on Contract Law
13th Edition
Published on 4. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
848 pages
978-0-19-873281-5 (ISBN)
Description
Jill Poole's bestselling Casebook on Contract Law provides students with a comprehensive selection of case law, addressing all aspects of the subject encountered on undergraduate courses.
Extracts have been carefully chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the courts, and to show how legal principles develop. Cases can either be analysed and discussed in isolation or, taken as a whole, the selection of cases form chapters providing a structured overview of the modern law of contract.
Online Resource Centre
The casebook is fully supported by an Online Resource Centre, which provides:
- Self-test questions and answers
- Guidance on answering questions in contract law
- Exercises and guidance on reading cases
- An opportunity for students to ask the author any questions
Extracts have been carefully chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the courts, and to show how legal principles develop. Cases can either be analysed and discussed in isolation or, taken as a whole, the selection of cases form chapters providing a structured overview of the modern law of contract.
Online Resource Centre
The casebook is fully supported by an Online Resource Centre, which provides:
- Self-test questions and answers
- Guidance on answering questions in contract law
- Exercises and guidance on reading cases
- An opportunity for students to ask the author any questions
Reviews / Votes
Very good at supporting students; a sound resource providing coverage of all the key contract law cases. * Dr Matt Garrett, Deputy Head, Chester Law School * Absolutely thorough and trustworthy - there are thoughtful explanations and questions throughout. * Jane Henderson, Senior Lecturer in Law, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London * 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 Bristol *More details
Edition
13th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 198 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-873281-5 (9780198732815)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Content
1: 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
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