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 judgments made by the House of Lords and the Court of Appeal. Extracts have been chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the court and how legal principles are developed, thus enabling cases to be analysed and discussed independently while, taken as a whole, the chapters provide a sound understanding of the modern law of contract. Succinct author commentary focuses the reader on the key elements within the extracts, while thought-provoking questions are posed throughout to develop a more in-depth appreciation of the subject. Online resource centre Student resources - Updates - Guidance on answering problem-style questions - Exercises and guidance on reading cases - Self test questions and answers - 'Ask the author' section

1. Guidance on Reading Cases 2. Agreement 3. Agreement Problems 4. Consideration, Promissory Estoppel, and Form 5. Intention to Create Legal Relations 6. Content of the Contract and Principles of Interpretation 7. Exemption Clauses and Unfair Contract Terms 8. Discharge for 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 Unconscionable Bargains 16. Illegality and Capacity to Contract

Jill Poole , Professor of Commercial Law, Aston University

`Review from previous edition The best casebook on contract currently available; well selected extracts and useful notes make it ideal for first year undergraduates. ' Stephen Bishop, Teaching Fellow, Law, Queen Mary University of London