• Provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction to contract law which maps well onto most undergraduate courses
• Presents the information in a clear and straightforward style to allow students to gain a sound understanding of the main issues, while also addressing some of the complexities of contract law, to encourage a fuller appreciation of the subject
• Each chapter includes summaries, questions, examples, and a guide to further reading, allowing students to check their understanding and to conduct efficient and well-directed further study
• Supported by an online resource centre site that provides a testbank of multiple-choice questions, updates on the law, web links, and guidance on successful exam technique, ensuring students have access to the most up-to-date information, as well as acting as an additional learning resource
• Suitable to be used as a stand-alone textbook, or in conjunction with Poole's casebook, making it an essential resource for students

New to this edition

• The new larger, full-colour page design allows for easy navigation and identification of the text features to facilitate efficient and stimulating learning

Readership: Undergraduate students following courses in contract law.

Jill Poole, Professor of Commercial Law and Head of School of Law, Aston University

1: Introduction to the law of contract
Part I Formation
2: Agreement
3: Agreement problems
4: Consideration, promissory estoppel and form
5: Intention to create legal relations
Part II Content, interpretation, performance, and breach
6: Content of the contract and principles of interpretation
7: Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms
8: Discharge by performance, agreement, and breach
Part III Enforcement of contractual obligations
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
Part IV Methods of policing the making of the contract
13: Non-agreement mistake
14: Misrepresentation
15: Duress, undue influence, and unconscionable bargains
16: Illegality and capacity to contract