Contract Law

by Burton, Steven J.; Eisenberg, Melvin Aron

• ISBN13: 9780314160003
• ISBN10: 0314160000
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-18
• Publisher: West Academic

Summary

The perfect supplement to any contracts casebook, Contract Law: Selected Source Materials provides a broad collection of materials, including the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and the Restatement (Second) of Contracts. This edition also covers electronic contracting acts, providing excerpts and comments on the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Communications Act. Other materials include sample forms, such as the new standard form agreements for writers? contracts; the Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG); the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) principles of international contracts, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, Uniform Consumer Credit Code; selected excerpts from the Federal Trade Commission Regulations; and other relevant statutes.

Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction	v
Tables of Comparisons	xv
Uniform Commercial Code Article 1, Article 2, Article 3 (Excerpts), Article 9 (Excerpts) as Presently Enacted in State Law	1	(136)
The Revised Version of Article 1, Adopted by NCCUSL and the ALI in 2001; and Revisions of Article 2 Adopted in 2003 by NCCUSL and the ALI	137	(36)
Pre-2000 Version of Article 9	173	(14)
Restatement (Second) of Contracts	187	(130)
Electronic Contracting	317	(70)
Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act	318	(44)
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (1999)	362	(19)
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act	381	(6)
International Contract Law	387	(98)
The Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts	413	(32)
The Principles of European Contract Law	445	(40)
Miscellaneous Statutes, Directives, and Administrative Regulations	485	(62)
European Community Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts	486	(5)
Magnuson-Moss Warranty---Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act	491	(12)
Magnuson--Moss Warranty Act Regulations	503	(22)
Federal Trade Commission Regulations--- Door--To--Door Sales	525	(4)
Federal Trade Commission Regulations---Retail Food Store Advertising and Marketing Practices	529	(1)
Federal Trade Commission Regulations---Preservation of Consumers' Claims and Defenses	530	(2)
39 U.S.C. § 3009 [Mailing of Unordered Merchandise]	532	(1)
Bankruptcy Code	533	(2)
Uniform Consumer Credit Code	535	(2)
Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act	537	(1)
Federal Arbitration Act	538	(9)
Sample Form Contracts	547	(38)
American League Standard Baseball Player's Contract	548	(6)
Writer's Guild of America West Standard Form Freelance Television Writer's Employment Contract	554	(3)
Writer's Guild of America West Writer's Flat Deal Contract	557	(2)
Writer's Guild of America West Writer's Collaboration Agreement	559	(4)
American Institute of Architects Sample Form Contracts	563	(7)
American Institute of Architects, General Conditions of the Contract for Construction, Articles 4, 11	570	(9)
Form of Residential Purchase Agreement	579	(5)
Form of Buyer's Inspection Advisory	584	(1)
Form of Real Estate Transfer Disclosure Statement	585