Contracts : examples & explanations /
Brian A. Blum.
- 4th ed.
- Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, c2007.
- xxxiii, 804 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Examples & explanations series .
At the head of title: Aspen Publishers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The meaning of "contract" and the basic attributes of the contractual relationship -- Facets of the law of contract and the source of its rules, processes, and traditions -- The doctrine of precedent and a contract case analysis -- The objective test and common law offer and acceptance -- Options and firm offers -- Offer and acceptance under the UCC, and the "Battle of the Forms" -- Consideration -- Promissory estoppel as the basis for enforcing promises -- Restitution: unjust enrichment and "moral obligation" -- Interpretation and construction: resolving meaning and dealing with uncertainty in agreements -- The statute of frauds -- The parol evidence rule -- The judicial regulation of improper bargaining and of violations of law and public policy -- Incapacity -- Mistake, impracticability, and frustration of purpose -- Conditions and promises -- Breach and repudiation -- Remedies for breach of contract -- Assignment, delegation, and third-party beneficiaries.