Contracts:transactions and litigation
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Group Author: | ; |
Published: |
Thomson/West,
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Publisher Address: | St. Paul, MN |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Series: |
American casebook series |
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Carrier Form: | xliv, 837 p.: ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780314194558 031419455X 9780314194541 (pbk. : alk. paper ; teacher's manual) 0314194541 (pbk. : alk. paper ; teacher's manual) |
Index Number: | D971 |
CLC: | D971.23 |
Call Number: | D971.23/K964/2nd.ed. |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The objective theory of contracts: standards, elements, and factors -- Has an offer been made? -- Has the offer been accepted? -- Has the offer terminated? -- Consideration: the bargain requirement -- Quasi-contracts -- Pre-existing duty and past consideration -- Promissory estoppel -- Mistake -- Misrepresentation and fraud -- Duress -- Unconscionability -- The statute of frauds -- The parol evidence rule -- Interpretation of contracts -- Principles of contract damages -- Limitations on contract damages --Other measures of recovery and a review of damages part -- Liquidated damages -- Specific performance -- Express conditions -- Constructive conditions -- Anticipatory repudiation -- Impracticability and frustration -- Good faith -- Non-party rights: assignment, delegation, novation, and third party beneficiaries. |