Principles of Contract Law
Author:
Hillman, Robert A.
Edition:
4th
Copyright Date:
2019
7 chapters
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Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 results
- You will learn lots of rules and principles of contract law in this book and in your contracts course. You will also learn the reasons behind these rules and you will be asked to evaluate these reasons. Equally important, you should begin to form a sense of how lawyers actually use the rules and principles you encounter. For example, lawyers do more than go to court and try to recover money for an injured client, although this is an important role. Lawyers also apply contract law when they advise clients about the wisdom of entering a contract and about appropriate terms. Further, lawyers draft contracts after taking into account the goals and circumstances of their clients. Lawyers also negotiate with the other side about appropriate terms and about rights and obligations when something goes wrong, or circumstances change, or a dispute arises. Because the rules and principles of contract law guide the lawyer in all of these roles, it is helpful to ask yourself how you would use a...
- Now that you have had a taste of what follows, it is time to dig in and learn the details of the best law school subject. One last thought before you proceed: This book is entitled “Principles of Contract Law,” and its goal is to help you learn the subject. Based on the philosophy that learning should be fun and interesting, indeed
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Preface to the Third Edition vii 1 result
- The prefaces to the first and second editions (on the following pages) set forth my goals, organization, and the scope of this book. In this third edition, I have added new discussions of accord and satisfaction and arbitration and have supplemented the material on, among other things, duty to disclose, fault in contract law, liquidated damages, restitution, and unconscionability. I have also added cases to the footnotes throughout the book that have arisen since the publication of the second edition. These cases illustrate how the core concepts and principles of contract law discussed in the text remain crucial today. As with the second edition, I have tried to catch typos and have clarified some obtuse language to make this third edition as clear as possible.
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- (“Actions can speak as loud as words. That is a general principle of contract law * * *. ‘An agreement implied in fact is “founded upon a meeting of minds, which, although not embodied in an express contract, is inferred, as a fact, from conduct of the parties showing, in the light of the surrounding circumstances, their tacit understanding.” ’ ”) (citations omitted).
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- Publication Date: October 31st, 2018
- ISBN: 9781640202139
- Subject: Contracts
- Series: Concise Hornbook Series
- Type: Hornbook Treatises
- Description: This overview of contract law explains concepts clearly and concisely, in an informal, often humorous style that has made it popular with students over the years. For ease of reading and understanding, the book refrains from including complex textual footnotes. Instead, the footnotes cite cases, with most including short quotations to substantiate assertions made in the text. The book also contains numerous examples and illustrations. Cross references enable readers to review concepts that constitute building blocks for the current material.