Contracts, 1998 : Cases and Comment on Contracts

by Dawson, John P.; Henderson, Stanley D.; Harvey, William Burnett

• ISBN13: 9781566625906
• ISBN10: 1566625904
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface to the Seventh Edition	iii
Acknowledgments	ix
Table of Cases	xxxvii
Table of Restatement Citations	xlvii
Table of Uniform Commercial Code Citations	xlix
Remedies for Breach of Contract	1	(187)
The Goals of Contract Damages	3	(36)
Limitations on Expectation Damages	39	(44)
Alternative Interests: Reliance and Restitution	83	(44)
Contractual Controls on the Damage Remedy	127	(19)
Enforcement in Equity	146	(42)
Grounds for Enforcing Promises	188	(135)
Formality	192	(10)
Exchange Through Bargain	202	(28)
Promises Grounded in the Past	230	(16)
Reliance on a Promise	246	(45)
Promises of Limited Commitment	291	(32)
The Making of Agreements	323	(210)
Mutual Assent	323	(40)
Control Over Contract Formation	363	(26)
Precontractual Obligation	389	(26)
Conduct Concluding a Bargain	415	(35)
The Effects of Adopting a Writing	450	(51)
Standardized Forms: Assent and "Public Policy"	501	(32)
Policing the Bargain	533	(172)
Competency to Contract	533	(20)
Revisions of Contractual Duty	553	(44)
Mistake, Misrepresentation, and Nondisclosure	597	(41)
Justification for Nonperformance	638	(42)
Unconscionable Inequality	680	(25)
The Maturing and Breach of Contract Duties	705	(150)
The Effects of Express Conditions	705	(52)
Conditions of Satisfaction	757	(11)
Constructive Conditions: The Order of Performance	768	(39)
Protecting the Exchange on Breach	807	(48)
The Rights and Duties of Nonparties	855	(70)
Third Party Beneficiaries	855	(34)
Assignment and Delegation	889	(36)
Appendix I. The Statute of Frauds	925	(24)
Index	949