Chirelstein's Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts

Name: Chirelstein's Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts
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ISBN: 9781599417769

ISBN-10: 1599417766

ISBN-13: 9781599417769

Edition: 6th 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Chirelstein

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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.

Book details

List price: $47.00
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: West Academic
Publication date: 5/14/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Background Elements: The Contract Curve and Expectation Damages


Consideration and the Bargained-for Exchange


Promises to Make a Gift


Reliance and Promissory Estoppel


Illusory Promises


Moral Obligation and Past Consideration


Contract Formation


Offer and Acceptance


Revocation and Counteroffer


Unfairness and Unconscionability


Traditional Elements: Duress, Incapacity and Misrepresentation


Standardized Forms and Unconscionability


Contract Interpretation: Parol Evidence; Trade Usage; Gap Fillers


The Parol Evidence Rule


Trade Usage


Filling the Gaps: "Best Efforts" and Other Flexible Commitments


Performance and Breach


Conditions


Problems of Performance


Mistake and Impossibility


Mistake and Impracticability


Impossibility and Frustration


Remedies


Expectation Damages


Limitations on Expectation Damages


Reliance and Restitution


Liquidated Damages


Third Party Beneficiaries


Afterword


Table of Cases


Index