Poole's Textbook on Contract Law, 17th Edition
$189.57
- Paperback
744 pages
- Release Date
21 August 2025
Summary
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 understa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198954866 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198954867 |
| Author: | Robert Merkin, Séverine Saintier |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 744 |
| Edition: | 17th |
| Release Date: | 21 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.40kg |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 190mm x 248mm |
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Robert Merkin
Robert Merkin
Robert Merkin is Professor of Law at the University of Reading, Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Exeter, and Special Counsel to Duncan Cotterill. He has extensive experience teaching the Law of Contract and has authored numerous texts and articles on contract, insurance, and arbitration. He serves as the editor of the Journal of Business Law and is a co-editor of the Lloyd’s Law Reports.
In recognition of his contributions, Robert was appointed King’s Counsel (honoris causa) in 2015 and received a higher doctorate from Cardiff University in the same year. In 2018, he became Honorary Life President of the International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA). In 2024, he was awarded a PhD (honoris causa) by the University of Buckingham.
He 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
Séverine Saintier is Professor in Commercial Law at the Law School at the University of Exeter, where she lectures on French contract law and commercial law. Before joining Exeter, she held academic positions at Cardiff University, Sheffield University, and Liverpool University.
Professor Saintier has published widely in the field of contract law, with a particular focus on good faith and relational contracts. She co-authored the chapter on Privity with Robert Merkin in Essays in Memory of Professor Jill Poole: Coherence, Modernisation and Integration in Contract, Commercial and Corporate Laws (Routledge, 2018).
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