An introduction to the law of contracts

The third edition of this well-respected text presents a road-map approach for thinking about contracts problems. Steps in the road map include choice of law, contract formation, unenforceable contracts, breach of contract, and plaintiff's remedies. The rules of the law are presented first as theory, followed by and example and either a paralegal exercises or a case so that students can relate the abstract to a concrete set of facts. The text also teaches students how to analyze a contracts problem using common law and a code approach (articles 1 and 2 of the UCC).

Table of Figures	p. xiv
Table of Cases	p. xvi
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction: A Road Map for Analyzing the Law of Contracts	p. 1
Step 1 Determining the Applicable Law (Choice of Law)	p. 1
Step 2 Contract Formation	p. 4
Step 3 Contract Enforceability	p. 6
Step 4 Breach of the Contract	p. 7
Step 5 Plaintiff's Remedies for the Defendant's Breach of Contract	p. 10
Third Party Interests	p. 11
Review Questions	p. 12
Part I Step One: Determining the Applicable Law (Choice of Law)	p. 18
Introduction: Three Choice of Law Issues	p. 19
Chapter 1 Determining the Rules Governing the Dispute	p. 20
Part II Step Two: Contract Formation	p. 36
Introduction: A Transactional Guide to Contract Formation	p. 37
Chapter 2 The Offer Phase	p. 39
Chapter 3 The Post-Offer/Pre-Acceptance Phase	p. 105
Chapter 4 The Acceptance Phase	p. 129
Chapter 5 The Post-Acceptance Phase	p. 170
Chapter 6 Drafting a Contract	p. 202
Part III Step Three: Contract Enforceability	p. 224
Introduction: Contracts That Are Not Enforceable	p. 225
Chapter 7 Contract Enforceability: Protecting a Class	p. 226
Chapter 8 Contract Enforceability: Protecting a Party Against Overreaching	p. 243
Chapter 9 Contract Enforceability: Protecting The Judicial Process	p. 274
Part IV Step Four: Breach of the Contract	p. 314
Introduction: Types of Breach and Responses	p. 315
Chapter 10 The Defendant's Response to the Plaintiff's Allegation of Breach	p. 318
Part V Step Five: Plaintiff's Remedies for the Defendant's Breach of Contract	p. 368
Introduction: Compensation For Breach	p. 369
Chapter 11 Plaintiff's Remedies for the Defendant's Breach of Contract	p. 370
Part VI Third Party Interests	p. 402
Introduction: Beyond the Two Contracting Parties	p. 404
Chapter 12 Third Party Interests	p. 404
Appendix A Briefing Cases and Analyzing Statutes	p. 431
Appendix B Answers to the Review Questions	p. 441
Appendix C Article 1: General Provisions and Article 2: Sales	p. 464
Glossary	p. 522
Index	p. 532

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