Casebook on Contract Law » (REV)

Jill Poole is Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre for Legal Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol. She is also the author of Textbook on Contract Law and co-author of Contract Formation and Letters of Intent.

Jill Poole's best-selling Casebook on Contract Law provides a clear and well-structured explanation of the principles and rules of contract law through a comprehensive selection of case law, addressing all aspects encountered on undergraduate courses. The coverage in this new edition has been revised to incorporate all recent significant decisions and judgements made by the House of Lords and the Court of Appeal.

1 Guidance on reading cases 1

2 Agreement 17

3 Agreement problems 67

4 Consideration, promissory estoppel and form 129

5 Intention to create legal relations 191

6 Content of the contract and principles of interpretation 212

7 Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms 295

8 Discharge for breach of contract 361

9 Damages for breach of contract 389

10 Remedies providing for specific relief and restitutionary remedies 471

11 Privity of contract and third party rights 497

12 Discharge by frustration : subsequent impossibility 561

13 Common mistake : initial impossibility 590

14 Misrepresentation 621

15 Duress, undue influence and unconscionable bargains 693

16 Illegality and capacity to contract 766

Index 805