• Covers all aspects of undergraduate courses in contract law, within a clear and logical structure that is easy for students to follow
• Introductory chapter provides valuable guidance on how to develop the essential skill of case-reading, offering first year students extra advice and support
• The two-colour text design enables students to differentiate easily between extracts and author commentary, ensuring efficient navigation through the text
• Supported by a online resource centre site that provides updates, self-test questions and answers, advice on how to answer problem-style questions, and guidance on how to read cases, ensuring students have access to the most up-to-date information, as well as acting as an additional learning resource
• Can be used as a traditional casebook or as a companion to Poole's Textbook on Contract Law

New to this edition

• Revised coverage of illegality and capacity ensures the text continues to meet the needs of undergraduate students

Readership: Undergraduate students following the core element of contract law within their degree programmes.

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

1: Guidance on Reading Cases and Analysing Case Law
2: Agreement
3: Certainty and Agreement Problems
4: Consideration, Promissory Estoppel, and Form
5: Intention to Create Legal Relations
6: Terms and Contractual Interpretation
7: Exemption Clauses and Unfair Contract Terms
8: Discharge for Breach of Contract
9: Remedies for Breach of Contract
10: Privity of Contract and Third Party Rights
11: Common Mistake and Frustration
12: Misrepresentation
13: Duress, Undue Influence, and Inequality of Bargaining Power
14: Illegality and Capacity to Contract