Contracts: Cases, Discussion, and Problems [Connected eBook with Study Center]

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Contracts: Cases, Discussion, and Problems is known for its strikingly clear, straightforward text that binds together and illuminates cases, concepts, and theory. The case selection in the book primarily consists of carefully edited modern, engaging cases, interspersed with classic older cases. The cases are followed by questions designed to draw students’ attention to difficult and crucial aspects of the court’s opinion and to prompt vigorous class discussion. Manageable problems supplement cases, sometimes as exercises in applying the principles arising from cases, and sometimes as a means of introducing topics taught most effectively through problems. A number of questions and problems raise transactional issues such as drafting, client counseling, and negotiation. The book’s focus on contemporary methods of contracting includes an ongoing emphasis on standard contracts in both traditional and electronic form. To provide students with a transnational perspective, most chapters of the book end with a short discussion of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts. There are multiple choice self-assessment questions for each chapter at the end of the book. The casebook’s organization begins with formation and then corresponds to the sequence followed by the Restatement (2nd) of Contracts and treatises. Its concise, efficient presentation results in an optimum length for a six-credit course, but with flexibility to allow for its adoption for a shorter course. The teacher’s manual offers guidance on the selection of materials for shorter coverage of each topic in the book.

New to the Sixth Edition:

● Amy Bushaw retired from teaching and from co-authorship of this book since the publication of the Fifth Edition and Kevin Tu joined Brian Blum as the co-author of the Sixth Edition.

● A continuing focus on standard contracting, including contracting via electronic media.

● New, contemporary cases, new and revised problems, and updated text throughout the book.

● Changes in the content of selected topics in light of the authors’ experience in teaching from the Fifth Edition.

● Revised multiple-choice self-assessment questions. 

Professors and students will benefit from: 

● The design of the book, which deliberately emphasizes materials that are accessible and interesting to students 

● The textual component of the book, which binds the materials together and gives students the basic guidance necessary to allow them to grapple most efficiently, and with the least confusion, with case analysis, questions, and problems 

● The careful editing and selection of cases in the book 

● The book’s multifaceted approach to learning, including textual exposition, case analysis, questions, and problems 

● The suitability of the book for courses of various lengths and structures