Contracts Stories- An In-Depth Look at The Leading Contract Cases
Author:
Baird, Douglas G.
Edition:
1st
Copyright Date:
2006
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contracts Stories
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Hadley v. Baxendale: A Study in the Industrialization of the Law
- Chapter 2: Contracts for Cotton to Arrive: The Case of the Two Ships Peerless
- Chapter 3: Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores and the Myth of Precontractual Reliance
- Chapter 4: ProCD v. Zeidenberg: Do Doctrine and Function Mix?
- Chapter 5: Developing Markets in Baby-Making: In the Matter of Baby M
- Chapter 6: Reconstructing Contracts: Hamer v. Sidway
- Chapter 7: Britton v. Turner: A Signpost on the Crooked Road to “Freedom” in the Employment Contract
- Chapter 8: The Gendered Origins of the Lumley Doctrine: Binding Men’s Consciences and Women’s Fidelity
- Chapter 9: The Unearthed Facts of Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal & Mining Co.
- Chapter 10: The King of Rockingham County and the Original Bridge to Nowhere
- Chapter 11: A Fish Story: Alaska Packers’ Association v. Domenico
- Publication Date: November 14th, 2006
- ISBN: 9781587787218
- Subject: Contracts
- Series: Law Stories
- Type: Overviews
- Description: In this offering, the editors are joined by other leading contracts scholars in placing the major cases in contract law in their historical and cultural context. Each of the 11 short and readily accessible chapters provides newly uncovered facts about and insights into the cases that lie at the core of the first-year contracts class. Long-standing puzzles are answered and these answers in turn are linked to the larger political and social forces at work, demonstrating how these forces have shaped the evolution of contract law.
