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Contracts topics covered include:
Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts; Sources of Contract Law; Offer and Acceptance; Misunderstanding Consideration: Gift Promises; Past Consideration; "Detriment" Element; Pre-Existing Duty Rule; Mutuality of Consideration; Illusory, Alternative, and Implied Promises; Requirements and Output Contracts; Promises Binding Without Consideration: Past Debts; Benefits Received; Estoppel; Mistake: Nature General Rule; Mutual Unilateral Defenses and Remedies; Reformation as Remedy; Parol Evidence and Interpretation: Rule; Total and Partial Integration; Judge and Jury Rule; Not Applicable Interpretation; Trade Usage, Course of Performance, and Course of Dealing; Omitted Terms Supplied by Court; Conditions: Classifications; Conditions and Promises; Substantial Performance; Excuse; Repudiation and Prospective Inability to Perform; Anticipatory Repudiation - Other Aspects of Breach; Statute of Frauds; Oral Recission; Modification Restitution, Reliance, Estoppel Remedies: Equitable Damages; Expectation Damages; Reliance Damages; Restitution; Substantial Performance; Quasi-Contract; Forseeability; Avoidable Damages; Nominal and Punitive Damages; Liquidated Damages; Sales Contracts; Contracts Involving More Than Two Parties: Assignment Delegation; Third Party Beneficiaries; Impossibility, Impracticality, and Frustration: Impossibility Impracticability Frustration of Purpose Restitution and Reliance Where Parties are Discharged; Miscellaneous Defenses: Illegality, Duress, Misrepresentation, Unconscionability, Capacity; Warranties: Express, Implied Fitness for Particular Purpose, Title; Privity; Disclaimers Modifying Remedies; Discharge of Contracts: Rescission, Accord and Satisfaction; Substituted Agreement; Novation.
Emanuel Law Outlines: Contracts treats common law principles, the Restatement and Second Restatement of Contracts, and UCC Article 2, and analyzes all the major cases.
Special features:
At the end of each chapter, you'll find special Exam Tips on how to spot the key issues, what's most frequently tested, how to structure and phrase your answers . . . and more;
An up-to-date capsule summary summarizing the entire subject for night-before-the-exam review;
Essay, short-answer, and multiple-choice exam questions and answers to completely drill the concepts into your head.
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