Examples & Explanations: Contracts

A favorite classroom prep tool of successful students and often recommended by professors, the Examples & Explanations (E&E) series provides an alternative perspective to help you understand your casebook and in-class lectures. Each E&E offers hypothetical questions complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topics in your courses and compare your own analysis.
 
New to the Ninth Edition:

• New up-to-date cases in every chapter.
• Substantially rewritten text for added clarity and accessibility.
• New hypothetical illustrations in the text and new or revised examples and explanations.

 
Professors and students will benefit from:

• The ninth edition adds new cases and updates text and examples while remaining faithful to the conception of a clear and accessible text, aimed at students in the basic contracts course.
• As in prior editions, the book uses diagrams as visual aids throughout to aid in understanding.
• The book focuses on recent cases and includes discussion of contemporary issues, particularly in the field of standard contracting.
• As in prior editions, the book covers all the topics that are likely to be taught in the basic contracts course and includes coverage of UCC Article 2 to the extent appropriate for contracts courses that cover UCC Article 2.
• As in prior editions, the book includes a brief transnational perspective on each topic covered.

Summary of Contents

Contents
Preface 
Acknowledgments 

Chapter 1 The Meaning of “Contract” and the Basic Attributes of the Contractual Relationship 
Chapter 2 Facets of the Law of Contract and the Source of Its Rules, Processes, and Traditions 
Chapter 3 The Doctrine of Precedent and a Contract Case Analysis 
Chapter 4 The Objective Test and Basic Principles of Offer and Acceptance
Chapter 5 Standard Contracts and Contracts Through Electronic Media 
Chapter 6 Mismatching Standard Terms: The “Battle of the Forms” Under UCC §2.207 
Chapter 7 Consideration 
Chapter 8 Promissory Estoppel as the Basis for Enforcing Promises 
Chapter 9 Unjust Enrichment, Restitution, and “Moral Obligation” 
Chapter 10 Interpretation and Construction: Resolving Meaning and Dealing with Uncertainty in Agreements 
Chapter 11 The Statute of Frauds
Chapter 12 The Parol Evidence Rule
Chapter 13 The Judicial Regulation of Improper Bargaining and of Contracts That Violate Law or Public Policy 
Chapter 14 Incapacity 
Chapter 15 Mistake, Impracticability, and Frustration of Purpose 
Chapter 16 Conditions and Promises 
Chapter 17 Breach and Repudiation 
Chapter 18 Remedies for Breach of Contract
Chapter 19 Assignment, Delegation, and Third- Party Beneficiaries

Glossary
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes 
Index