Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts

by Chirelstein, Marvin A.

• ISBN13: 9781566620659
• ISBN10: 1566620651
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-06-01
• Publisher: Foundation Pr

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. 25
Moral Obligation and Past Consideration	p. 28
Contract Formation	p. 33
Offer and Acceptance	p. 38
Revocation and Counteroffer	p. 48
Unfairness and Unconscionability	p. 74
Traditional Elements: Duress, Incapacity and Misrepresentation	p. 74
Standardized Forms and Unconscionability	p. 85
Contract Interpretation	p. 94
The Parol Evidence Rule	p. 97
Filling the Gaps: "Best Efforts" and Other Flexible Commitments	p. 105
Performance and Breach	p. 115
Conditions	p. 121
Problems of Performance	p. 132
Mistake and Impossibility	p. 155
Mistake	p. 155
Impossibility and Frustration	p. 162
Remedies	p. 174
Expectation Damages	p. 174
Limitations on Expectation Damages	p. 183
Reliance and Restitution	p. 199
Liquidated Damages	p. 212
Third Party Beneficiaries	p. 218
Afterword	p. 228
Table of Cases	p. 231
Index	p. 235
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