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Casebook on Contract Law Jill Poole (Professor of Commercial Law, University of the West of England)

Casebook on Contract Law By Jill Poole

Summary

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.

Casebook on Contract Law Summary

Casebook on Contract Law by Jill Poole (Professor of Commercial Law, University of the West of England)

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

Casebook on Contract Law Reviews

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

About Jill Poole (Professor of Commercial Law, University of the West of England)

Jill Poole is Deputy Dean and Professor of Commercial Law at Aston Business School, Aston University. She is also the author of Textbook on Contract Law, Contract Law Concentrate and co-author of Contract Formation and Letters of Intent.

Table of Contents

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

Additional information

GOR006678669
9780199687237
0199687234
Casebook on Contract Law by Jill Poole (Professor of Commercial Law, University of the West of England)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2014-07-03
832
N/A
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