American Contract Law for a Global Age

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• About the Authors
• Notices
• About eLangdell Press

Introduction to Contract Law

• Thinking Like a Transactional Lawyer
• Thinking Like a Contract Litigator

Contract Formation

• An Introduction to Contract Formation
• Mutual Assent
• Offers to Contract
• Problems with Offers
• Acceptance

Consideration

• An Introduction to Consideration
• The Basic Requirement of Consideration
• Special Issues with Consideration
• Promissory Estoppel as a Consideration Substitute

Alternative Regimes

• An Introduction to Alternative Regimes of Contract Law
• Uniform Commercial Code ? Scope and Formation
• Uniform Commercial Code ? Merchants and Terms
• United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

Contract Defenses

• An Introduction to Contract Defenses
• Capacity to Contract
• The Statute of Frauds
• Assent-Based Defenses
• Policy-Based Defenses

Terms and Interpretation

• An Introduction to Terms and Interpretation
• The Parol Evidence Rule
• The Interpretive Toolbox
• Conditions
• Implied Terms

Performance and Breach

• An Introduction to Performance and Breach
• Standards of Contract Performance
• Excused Performance

Remedies

• An Introduction to Remedies
• The Expectation Interest
• Restitution and Reliance
• Limits on Damages
• Special Remedies

Nonparties

• An Introduction to Contract Nonparties
• Third-Party Beneficiaries
• Assignment and Delegation