Research Catalog

Title

Cases and materials on contracts : making and doing deals / David G. Epstein, Bruce A. Markell, Lawrence Ponoroff.

Author

Epstein, David G., 1943-

Publication

St. Paul, MN : West, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Markell, Bruce A.
• Ponoroff, Lawrence
• Epstein, David G., 1943-

Description

xxv, 882 pages; 27 cm.

Series Statement

American casebook sries

Subjects

• Trials, litigation, etc
• Contracts > United States > Cases

Genre/Form

Trials, litigation, etc.

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Making and doing deals. 2nd ed. Newark, NJ : LexisNexis Matthew Bender, c2006.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface to the third edition -- Table of cases -- Chapter one. What are we going to be doing in this course? -- Chapter two. Has your client made a deal? -- Chapter three. What is "consideration" and why is it still and important part of contract law (or is consideration still an important part of contract law)? -- Chapter four. Is the agreement unenforceable because of the flaws in the agreement process or problems with the language of the agreement? -- Chapter five. What are the terms of the deal? -- Chapter six. When is someone who made an enforceable deal excused from doing what she agreed to do? -- Chapter seven. How does the law enforce a deal? -- Chapter eight. What are the alternatives to contracts and contract law? (Quasi-contract and restitution) -- Chapter nine. When do you have rights and/or duties under a contract that you did not make? -- Index.

ISBN

• 9780314272386
• 0314272380

OCLC

• 706137027
• SCSB-10020703

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library