Textbook on contract law
By: Jill Poole
Edition: 10th ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 634
ISBN-13: 9780199574360
Subjects: Contracts; Vertragsrecht
Description: This tenth edition provides a wide-ranging and straightforward exposition of contract law. The text opens with an overview of the main issues surrounding contract law which places the subject in its wider context, then goes on to give a clear explanation of all the major areas of contract law encountered on undergraduate courses.
Notes: Previous edition: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the law of contract; title: Agreement; title: Agreement problems; title: Enforceability of promises : consideration and promissory estoppel; title: Intention to be legally bound, formalities, and capacity to contract; title: Content of the contract and principles of interpretation; title: Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms; title: Breach of contract; title: Damages for breach of contract; title: Remedies providing for specific relief and restitutionary remedies; title: Privity of contract and third party rights; title: Discharge by frustration : subsequent impossibility; title: Non-agreement mistake; title: Misinterpretation; title: Duress, undue influence and unconscionable bargains; title: Illegality.