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Product Description: With the appearance of the Tenth Edition, this book enters its sixth decade. Throughout its long history, this casebook has relied on classic cases to capture the fundamental principles of contract law, and this edition reinforces that tradition...read more

Product Description: The Eighth Edition continues the approach of earlier editions in emphasizing rich, full-bodied versions of the principal cases, and a functionalist approach to the problems of contract law. The new edition includes a great number of new principal cases and case notes, as well as longer, analytical notes on such issues as the differences between classical and modern contract law, the role of the limits of cognition in contract law, and the role of probability in measuring uncertain contract damages...read more

The new Studies in Contract Law, Sixth Edition, has been revised and updated in many ways, both to cover new developments in contract law and to increase the book's usefulness as a teaching tool. There is a new Chapter Three, "An Introduction to Remedies." This Chapter, which follows Chapter Two on the Bases of Promissory Liability, provides an early overview of contract remedies through text, cases, and problems. It can be a "stand alone" chapter for courses when there is not enough time for a more comprehensive study or used as an introduction to the more comprehensive treatment of remedies in Chapter 7. There is a new Chapter Eight on Contract Dispute Resolution: Some Alternatives to Courts. This Chapter introduces the student to dispute settlement by agreement, including through mediation, and dispute settlement by private adjudication (outside of the courts), including arbitration. There is a new subsection in Chapter Four, The Bargain Relationship, which deals with Assent in Electronic Contracting. Building on an analysis of the so-called "Gateway" problem, this subsection reviews current legislation on electronic contracting and features a recent decision by the Second Circuit (the Specht case) on "click wrap" licenses. Section 2 of Chapter Five, Avoidance of the Contracts, reviews the recent decisions in California holding that one-sided arbitration clauses in consumer or employment contract are unconscionable. Section 3 of Chapter Five on Illegality features updated materials on cohabitation agreements, surrogacy contracts, and promissory fraud related issues. Section 1 of Chapter Nine, Third Party Interests, has a recent case on the assignability of rights created by structured settlements that, in turn, implement judgments in tort cases. This affords an opportunity to review the provisions of Revised Article 9 of the UCC and the common treatment of agreements prohibiting assignment. The provisions of Revised Article 2, Sales, which is scheduled for final approval at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Law Institute are incorporated into the text and problems. Relevant provisions of the U.N. treaty on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Contracts are identified and discussed where relevant.

Product Description: This book is a combination of schematic flowcharts that visually plot basic rules of contract law and selected cases that apply such rules. The flowchart approach helps students sort out in a visual manner the more difficult contract rules of law in an organized way.

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The Third Edition of Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts is a brief primer that offers first-year law students a reliable overview of the major themes and leading cases in the field. This Contracts primer is vastly uncluttered - one that picks up the main themes in the first-year Contracts course, together with related cases.

This casebook focuses not only on the rules and principles of contract law, but also on the lawyer's role in planning and drafting contracts and on the richness of contract theory. It has comprehensive coverage of contract law and related obligation, the latter including promissory estoppel, restitution, and tort arising in the contract setting. This book is primarily a case book designed to help students develop important analytical and critical skills, but also has ample notes, problems, and excerpts that focus on the nature, function, and limits of contract and related law. Features of the new Fifth Edition include: several recent cases that bring important issues up to date; new notes and comments about recent developments in contract law and recent contract controversies in the news; and new excerpts from the secondary literature focusing on major recent developments.

Product Description: This concise paperback, which will be a valuable supplementary text to any traditional contracts casebook, combines cases and actual contracts to bring a real-world practical perspective to the first-year contracts classroom. Contracts: A Transactional Approach fills the long-felt need by professors, students, and practitioners for a teaching approach to contracts that focuses on practical and transactional skills...read more

This text is a blend of classic common law contract cases with modern, 21st-century opinions and draws heavilly upon the problem method of instruction. The book compares and contrasts the common law of contracts, the Restatement (Second) of Contracts, and Uniform Commercial Code article 2 rules, as well as those of the Convention on the International Sale of Goods and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, and explores their evolution and application. The authors' approach is to emphasize the importance of context to the application of legal principles and the connenctions and overlap between the knowledge and skills needed to be a litigator and those needed by a transactional attorney.

This book is a practical, brief, to the point text covering the fundamental working parts of a contract and how one should be prepared. It is designed to enable students to analyze the basic structure of contracts and other deal documents and develop the macro and micro techniques used to efficiently create those documents with precision and clarity. Through succinct element-by-element discussion, cases and examples and exercises based on real-world contracts and situations, this book provides a standard structure that is ideal for a 2 to 3 credit hour course taught by full time or adjunct faculty. The new Second Edition and its accompanying teachers manual contain updated and expanded treatment of subjects like letters of intent, best and reasonable efforts clauses, and opinion letters, all in a clear, direct style that is accessible to students

Product Description: This book is a practical, brief, to-the-point text covering the fundamental working parts of a contract and how one should be prepared. It provides an overview of the issues and processes involved in drafting contracts and transactional documents...read more

<p> Clearly written and following a traditional organization, <b>Contracts: Cases, Discussion, and Problems, Second Edition</b>, offers a direct and accessible approach to contract law that engages students and prepares them for the critical thinking and rigorous analysis the law demands. In this new edition the authors have updated, expanded, and fine tuned the text without compromising their concise and effective presentation. </p> <p> <b>The strengths of this casebook include:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>clear, straightforward text </b>that illuminates cases, concepts, theory, questions, and problems </li> <li> <b>carefully edited modern, engaging cases as well as classic older cases,</b> which the authors adroitly place in context </li> <li> <b>insightful questions</b> that help prompt class discussion by drawing students’ attention to difficult or crucial aspects of the law </li> <li> <b>manageable problems </b>that supplement the cases or introduce topics taught most effectively through problems </li> <li> <b>traditional organization</b> that begins with formation and proceeds through the sequence followed by the Restatement of Contracts and the Restatement (2nd) of Contracts </li> <li> <b>concise, efficient presentation</b> that keeps the length under control </li> <li> <b>comprehensive Teacher’s Manual </b> </li> </ul> <p> <b>New to the Second Edition:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>increased emphasis on transactional skills and perspectives related to</b> drafting, client counseling, and negotiation </li> <li> <b>new international and comparative material</b> throughout the book—drawing on the approaches taken by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts—to help make students aware of alternative approaches </li> <li> <b>new cases, discussion, and problems involving issues that arise from the expanding use of technology</b> in the formation and performance of contracts </li> <li> emphasis on the <b>revised versions of UCC Articles 1 and 2,</b> comparing them to the prerevision versions and explaining changes or noting the lack of change </li> <li> the revamped Chapter 6, Contract Formation: Standard Terms and Electronic Media, <b>fully revises the treatment of UCC §2-207</b> and adds materials on <b>offer and acceptance through electronic media and in standard contracts,</b> emphasizing the treatment of post-contractual terms </li> </ul> <p> <b>Contracts: Cases, Discussion, and Problems, Second Edition,</b> teaches contract law using an established, traditional organization while offering comprehensive coverage of the issues that must be confronted in modern practice today. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

<p> Using a balanced mix of classic and contemporary cases, accompanied by engaging contextual material, <b>Contracts: Cases and Doctrine, Fourth Edition</b> , successfully employs a clear, back-to-basics approach to teaching contracts. </p> <p> <b>The fourth edition of this established casebook adds new cases and background material while preserving what has made it so popular: </b> </p> <ul> <li> first-year students the opportunity to <b>develop case-analysis skills</b> by presenting cases that have been only lightly edited </li> <li> a <b>flexible organization </b>that is easily adaptable to different teaching styles and preferences. The casebook begins with remedies, but chapters are self contained and can be taught in any order. </li> <li> a studied mixture of classic and contemporary cases that adds interest and presents the possibility for different teaching alternatives </li> <li> a <b>student-friendly structure:</b> each chapter begins with a brief textual introduction, and each case is proceeded by <b>Study Guide Questions</b> that help students focus on the salient issues. </li> <li> <b>more background information about the famous</b> cases than in any other casebook </li> <li> an unusually detailed <b>Teacher’s Manual</b>, with Transition Guide and Sample Syllabi </li> </ul> <p> Be sure to examine a complimentary copy of the fourth edition of this popular and accessible casebook before you teach your next contracts course. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

<p> Using a balanced mix of classic and contemporary cases, accompanied by engaging contextual material, <b>Contracts: Cases and Doctrine, Fourth Edition</b> , successfully employs a clear, back-to-basics approach to teaching contracts. </p> <p> <b>The fourth edition of this established casebook adds new cases and background material while preserving what has made it so popular: </b> </p> <ul> <li> first-year students the opportunity to <b>develop case-analysis skills</b> by presenting cases that have been only lightly edited </li> <li> a <b>flexible organization </b>that is easily adaptable to different teaching styles and preferences. The casebook begins with remedies, but chapters are self contained and can be taught in any order. </li> <li> a studied mixture of classic and contemporary cases that adds interest and presents the possibility for different teaching alternatives </li> <li> a <b>student-friendly structure:</b> each chapter begins with a brief textual introduction, and each case is proceeded by <b>Study Guide Questions</b> that help students focus on the salient issues. </li> <li> <b>more background information about the famous</b> cases than in any other casebook </li> <li> an unusually detailed <b>Teacher’s Manual</b>, with Transition Guide and Sample Syllabi </li> </ul> <p> Be sure to examine a complimentary copy of the fourth edition of this popular and accessible casebook before you teach your next contracts course. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

This contracts casebook includes introductions that quickly orient students within unfamiliar territories. Cases present both the doctrine applied and, in some instances, the shortcomings of that doctrine. The authors express their disagreement about basic issues, so that students can experience the range of possible in modern contract law. To save time, the authors avoid extensive citation of academic scholarship except as it pertains to the cases being studied. Certain traditional subjects such as offer and acceptance and consideration are reduced to the bare minimum, where more pivotal subjects such as form contracts, arbitration clauses, and the modern concept of unconscionability are considered at length.

Helps students synthesize cases by focusing on principles, policies, rules, and court treatment of authorities. Use of many transitions and original notes written for students. Cases with a contemporary flavor are studied so students can see what types of cases they will face in a few years. Includes disciplined questions for a thorough class discussion and short problems that explore the significance of the main cases. For use in either a half-year or a full-year course.

Product Description: The book proposes a fundamentally new way of teaching contract law: it simultaneously presents a more systematic and coherent elaboration of contract doctrine than other contacts casebooks and develops a more rigorous interdisciplinary approach to thinking about law generally...read more

Since the first edition, students have been reading Making and Doing Deals because they see the cases, problems, and text as helping them learn what they need to know as first year law students, but also because they find the book to be accessible and enjoyable to read.

Product Description: This title is a part of our CasebookPlus™ offering as ISBN 9781634609500. Learn more at CasebookPlus.com.This new book is a hybrid – in addition to well selected cases, it contains substantial scholarly textual material introducing each topic or case...read more