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Chirelstein's Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts
by Chirelstein, Marvin A.Edition:
6th
ISBN13:
9781599417769
ISBN10:
1599417766
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Pub. Date:
5/14/2010
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West Group
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The sixth edition of Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts is a readable primer that offers first-year law students a reliable overview of the major themes and leading cases in the field of the law of contracts. This contracts primer is straightforward and uncluttered, covering the main themes of the first-year contracts course, together with related cases.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. v |
| Background Elements: The Contract Curve and Expectation Damages | p. 1 |
| Consideration and the Bargained-for Exchange | p. 12 |
| Promises to Make a Gift | p. 15 |
| Reliance and Promissory Estoppel | p. 22 |
| Illusory Promises | p. 27 |
| Moral Obligation and Past Consideration | p. 30 |
| Contract Formation | p. 36 |
| Offer and Acceptance | p. 41 |
| Revocation and Counteroffer | p. 53 |
| Unfairness and Unconscionability | p. 81 |
| Traditional Elements: Duress, Incapacity and Misrepresentation | p. 81 |
| Standardized Forms and Unconscionability | p. 92 |
| Contract Interpretation: Parol Evidence; Trade Usage; Gap Fillers | p. 101 |
| The Parol Evidence Rule | p. 104 |
| Trade Usage | p. 111 |
| Filling the Gaps: "Best Efforts" and Other Flexible Commitments | p. 114 |
| Performance and Breach | p. 124 |
| Conditions | p. 130 |
| Problems of Performance | p. 141 |
| Mistake and Impossibility | p. 166 |
| Mistake and Impracticability | p. 166 |
| Impossibility and Frustration | p. 177 |
| Remedies | p. 189 |
| Expectation Damages | p. 189 |
| Limitations on Expectation Damages | p. 198 |
| Reliance and Restitution | p. 216 |
| Liquidated Damages | p. 230 |
| Third Party Beneficiaries | p. 236 |
| Afterword | p. 246 |
| Table of Cases | p. 249 |
| Index | p. 253 |
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