Contracts: Examples and Explanations Book

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgements


• The Meaning of 'Contract' and the Basic Attributes of the Contractual Relationship
• Facets of the Law of Contract and the Source of Its Rules, Processes, and Traditions
• The Doctrine of Precedent and a Contract Case Analysis
• The Objective Test and Common Law Offer and Acceptance
• Options and Firm Offers
• Offer and Acceptance Under the UCC, and the 'Battle of the Forms'
• Consideration
• Promissory Estoppel as the Basis for Enforcing Promises
• Restitution: Unjust Enrichment and 'Moral Obligation'
• Interpretation and Construction: Resolving Meaning and Dealing with Uncertainty in Agreements
• The Statute of Frauds
• The Parol Evidence Rule
• The Judicial Regulation of Improper Bargaining and of Violations of Law and Policy
• Incapacity
• Mistake, Impracticability, and Frustration of Purpose
• Conditions and Promises
• Breach and Repudiation
• Remedies for Breach of Contract
• Assignment, Delegation, and Third-Party Beneficiaries