Product Description

This ninth edition of the established Textbook on Contract Law by Jill Poole 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. Features of the book includes chapter summaries to draw key themes and issues together; examples and questions to encourage a deeper understanding of the often complex points of law; and extensive further reading lists of both texts and articles to guide students towards the most relevant and up-to-date resources available. Online resource centre Lecturer resources - Testbank of 150 multiple-choice questions Student resources - Guidance on answering questions in contract law - Questions and answers - Student questions - Updates - Web links

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11703 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 720 pages

About the Author
Jill Poole is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of the West of England, a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Customer Reviews

Thorough, readable, attractive layout.
I used several texts for the contract module in the first year of my P-T LLB, in particular Ansons, Stone, Cheshire Furmston & Fifoot and THIS ONE! I found Poole to be by far the most readable and attractively laid out. I may be unusual in that visual layout (typeface, text size, use of colour and shading etc.) has a substantial effect on my span of attention and ability to "soak up" the material. But this is not to detract from the quality of the material. I found concepts very easy to grasp yet there was more than enough detail too. I also purchased poole's casebook, however, I found the summary in the textbook to be excellent and reference to the full case from Westlaw/Lexis was my favoured mode of study.

Poole writes in a very understandable manner, covers the material superbly and helped me achieve 75% in my written exam - which I think says a lot given that I'm a part-time student of 36 years of age with no prior academic background. I can't really recommend it more highly.

A totally absorbing read
I am a lay person. My opinions will, to some people, I suspect, reflect that fact. I find the subject of contract law fascinating. I have discovered that judges are, contrary to my previously held belief, very honourable people. They try very hard not to exercise their authority unless they deem it to be absolutely necessary. This book covers all aspects of contract law and has a plentiful supply of case histories to support the text. If I had a 'gripe' (complaint) it would be that, purely for the sake of general interest, I would have liked the author to have given slightly more background details to the cases than she has done. Perhaps there is a legal reason for why she has not done so. In case you are considering buying the book because you have need of clarification of a contract issue for your own needs, I would say that it not a 'paint by numbers' type of book: one needs a certain amount of dedication in order to study the book in its entirety in order for the sum of the parts to make sense.