A student classic: clear, comprehensive, contextual. The immensely popular Poole's Textbook on Contract Law has been guiding students through contract law for over 20 years. The law of contract is placed within its commercial context, and students are provided with a detailed yet accessible
treatment of all the key areas of contract law.

Case-driven content and succinct explanations are combined with summaries, questions, and examples to allow students to gain a sound understanding of the theory and application of contract law principles.

Digital formats and resources:
The fifteenth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with embedded self-assessment activities, and multi-media content including a series of supportive videos and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
- The study tools that enhance the e-book are all also available as stand-alone online resources for use alongside the print book.
Online resources include:
- Over 300 multiple choice questions with answers and feedback
- A selection of videos from the authors
- Guidance on answering problem questions in contract law
- Updates on new legislation, cases, and other legal developments

Robert Merkin QC, Professor of Law, University of Reading; Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Exeter,Séverine Saintier, Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University of Exeter

Robert Merkin QC is Professor of Law, University of Reading; Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Exeter; and Special Counsel to Duncan Cotterill. Robert has written a number of texts and articles on contract, insurance and arbitration. He is co-editor of the Lloyd's Law Reports. He was
appointed Queen's Counsel (honoris causa) in 2015 and was awarded a higher doctorate by Cardiff University in the same year. In 2018 Rob became Honorary Life President of the International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA). He has co-edited the book Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole:
Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Laws (Routledge, 2018).

Séverine Saintier is Associate Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Exeter. She has co-edited Vulnerable Consumers and the law, Consumer Protection and Access to Justice (Routledge, 2020) and written a number of articles for leading journals including the Journal of Business Law and the
European Review of Private Law. Séverine is co-author with Robert of the privity chapter in Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole: Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Laws (Routledge, 2018).

1. Introduction to the law of contract
Part 1 Formation
2. Agreement
3. Enforceability of promises: consideration and promissory estoppel
4. Intention to be legally bound, formalities and capacity to contract
Part 2 Content, Interpretation, Performance and Privity
5. Content of the contract and principles of interpretation
6. Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms
7. Privity of contract and third party rights
Part 3 Vitiating Factors
8. Mistake
9. Misrepresentation
10. Duress, undue influence, and unconscionable bargains
11. Illegality
Part 4 Discharge by Frustration, Breach and Remedies
12. Discharge by frustration: subsequent impossibility
13. Breach of contract
14. Damages for breach of contract
15. Remedies providing for specific relief and restitutionary remedies