Basic contract law / by Lon L. Fuller, Melvin Aron Eisenberg.

Content

Part 1
What promises should the law enforce/-The doctrine of consideration
Chapter 1 Donative, Promises, Form and Reliance
1 Simple donative promises
2 The element of form
3 The element of reliance

Chapter 2. The bargain principle and its limits
1 The bargain principle
2 Unconscionability
3 The problem of matuality
4 Performance of a legal duty as consideration; Modification and waiver of contractual duties
etc.

Chapter 3. Past consideration
Restatement, second, contracts ss 82,83
Bankruptcy code, 11 U.S.C S 524
Three situations in which a promise to discharge an unenforceable obligation is binding
etc.

Chapter 4. The limits of contract
Koch v. Koch
Marston, planning for love: The politics of Prenuptual agreements
Avitzur v.Avitzur
Balfour v. Balfor
etc.

Part II. Remedies for breach of contract
Chapter 5 An introduction to contract damages
Restatement, second ,contracts s 344
Hawkins v. McGee
Van Zee v. Michow
etc.

Chapter 6 The expectation measure
1 Damages for breach of a contract to perform services
2 Damages for breach of a contract for the sale of goods
3 Mitigation; Contracts for employment
etc.

Chapter 7 .Specific performance
Introductory Note
London Bucket co V. Stewart
Restatement, second. contacts s 359, 360
etc.

Chapter 8 The reliance and restitution measures
1 Reliance damages in a bargain context
2 The restitution measure

Part III Assent
Chapter 9 An introduction to interpretation
1 Subjective and objective elements in the general principles of interpretation in contract law
2 Problems of interpreting purposive language
3 The role of usage, course of dealing and course of performance in interpretation
etc.

Chapter 10. The Mechanics of a bargain (i) - Offer and revocation
1. What constitutes an offer
2. Termination of the offeree's power of acceptance; Lapse,Rejection, and counter-offer
3 Termination of the offeree's power of acceptance; Revocation

Chapter 11. The Mechanics of a bargain 9 II 0 - Transacting at a distence
Introductory note
Adams v. Lindsell
Household fire7 carriage acc. ins. co. v. Grant
Rhode island tool co. v. United states
etc.

Chapter 12. The Mechanics of a bargain( III 0 - Modes of accrptance
1 Acceptance by act
2 Subjective acceptance
3 Acceptance by contact
4 The effect of using a subcontractor's bid
etc.

Chapter 13. Implied - in- law and implied- in - Fatc contracts; unilateral contracts revisited
Nursing care services, Inc . v. Dobose
Sceva

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Includes index.