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Textbook on Contract Law
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 center
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
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 center
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
- GenresLaw
720 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2004
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December 12, 2018The first sentence of the Preface reads: 'I commented in the twelfth edition on the significant developments that were due to take place in English contract law as a result of the planned implementation of the EU Consumer Rights Directive (CRD).'
Who would like to go first?
Oh, go on, then. This appears to beg the question: under which brexit or remain scenarios does the assignment of the priority of rights between the consumer and contractee to protect the former's fundamental rights and related obligations towards the latter require EU consent? What else would be significant in this context?-ty.
In the example given on p12, to what extent might it be helpful in the first instance to consider with respect to the dealings between party A and party B what would be insurable and non-insurable losses; how each party would assess the characteristics of these categories, and what contractual arrangements would flow from that?
It seems possible, at pp159-62 to read 4.8.5 The effect of promissory estoppel: Suspending or extinguishing the strict legal rights? and to conclude that whereas the points of contract are important and need to be handled carefully and correctly, there seems to be a more fundamental point or two of critical significance.
So, at pp174-6 in 5.2.2.3 Rebutting the presumption in the context of commercial agreements: 'Honour clauses' and other express statements denying enforceability, what do citizens need to do to get to the end of the day, week, month, year, two-year period etc without being trafficked, taken hostage and tortured; otherwise bought and sold on the black market; or requiring the consent of a third party to secure their fundamental rights, apart from be born to a fantastically wealthy parent? To what extent would employment in the public sector offer a significant shield in this situation? And to the extent that it does, which arrangements can be mapped across to citizens whose activities are normally based in the private sector? What else may be significant in this context? What else appears to be significant in particular with respect to the arguments presented at pp185-6 5.4.6.2 Facilitating the effectiveness of e-commerce and section 5.4 Formalities: Unenforceability by defect of 'form' more generally, taking care to ensure that we comport ourselves in a manner to banish all signs of triviality? To the extent that there may be concerns around the relative value of alternative arguments that can be ascribed to assessments of aesthetics or taste, which arrangements may be required to ensure that such considerations can be partitioned and resolved properly?
In 6.1 Pre-contractual statements: Terms or mere representations? at pp194-200, what would be the significance of this question under circumstances where consideration only has the capacity to be sufficient and cannot be adequate? What else would matter in this context? And, separately, more generally?
In 8.6.1 Entire obligations at pp314-5, What do we mean by an entire obligation? To what extent would these answers be the same or different irrespective of whether there had been a brexit referendum in the UK? What else appears to be significant in this context?
Who would like to go first?
Oh, go on, then. This appears to beg the question: under which brexit or remain scenarios does the assignment of the priority of rights between the consumer and contractee to protect the former's fundamental rights and related obligations towards the latter require EU consent? What else would be significant in this context?-ty.
In the example given on p12, to what extent might it be helpful in the first instance to consider with respect to the dealings between party A and party B what would be insurable and non-insurable losses; how each party would assess the characteristics of these categories, and what contractual arrangements would flow from that?
It seems possible, at pp159-62 to read 4.8.5 The effect of promissory estoppel: Suspending or extinguishing the strict legal rights? and to conclude that whereas the points of contract are important and need to be handled carefully and correctly, there seems to be a more fundamental point or two of critical significance.
So, at pp174-6 in 5.2.2.3 Rebutting the presumption in the context of commercial agreements: 'Honour clauses' and other express statements denying enforceability, what do citizens need to do to get to the end of the day, week, month, year, two-year period etc without being trafficked, taken hostage and tortured; otherwise bought and sold on the black market; or requiring the consent of a third party to secure their fundamental rights, apart from be born to a fantastically wealthy parent? To what extent would employment in the public sector offer a significant shield in this situation? And to the extent that it does, which arrangements can be mapped across to citizens whose activities are normally based in the private sector? What else may be significant in this context? What else appears to be significant in particular with respect to the arguments presented at pp185-6 5.4.6.2 Facilitating the effectiveness of e-commerce and section 5.4 Formalities: Unenforceability by defect of 'form' more generally, taking care to ensure that we comport ourselves in a manner to banish all signs of triviality? To the extent that there may be concerns around the relative value of alternative arguments that can be ascribed to assessments of aesthetics or taste, which arrangements may be required to ensure that such considerations can be partitioned and resolved properly?
In 6.1 Pre-contractual statements: Terms or mere representations? at pp194-200, what would be the significance of this question under circumstances where consideration only has the capacity to be sufficient and cannot be adequate? What else would matter in this context? And, separately, more generally?
In 8.6.1 Entire obligations at pp314-5, What do we mean by an entire obligation? To what extent would these answers be the same or different irrespective of whether there had been a brexit referendum in the UK? What else appears to be significant in this context?
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