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Content from the following sources has been used in the creation of this casebook:
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Contracts:
(First published Feb 2019)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 1: A note on contracts and happiness.
- 2: Public Policy and Contractual Wrongs: Prohibition, Non-enforcement, and Required Contracting
- 3: Contract Formation
- 4: Grounds for Enforcing Promises
- 5: Remedies
- 6: Statute of Frauds
- 7: Parol Evidence Rule
- 8: Problems of Interpretation
- 9: Defenses Against Contractual Liability: The Problem of Over-Reaching
- 10: Excuses for Nonperformance
- 11: Issues Regarding the Performance of Terms in the Agreement
- 12: End Material
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Contracts:
(First published Jul 2021)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 2.1: Restatement Second of Contracts §§ 1-2, 178
- 2.3: Note
- 2.6.2: Note
- 2.7.2: Note
- 3.1: Restatement Second of Contracts §§ 24, 50
- 3.3: Note
- 3.4: Leonard v. PepsiCo, Inc., 88 F.Supp.2d 116 (1999). After reading listen to "I'd Like to Teach the World To Sing" as performed in the Coca Cola commercial.
- 3.7: Note
- 3.9: Note
- 3.12: Note: U.C.C. 2-207
- 4.1.1: Restatement Second Contracts § 71 (Consideration). After reading listen to “Cant Buy Me Love” as performed by The Beatles
- 4.1.3: Note
- 4.1.5: Note
- 4.1.10: Note
- 4.1.15: Restatement Second Contracts § 89 (Modification of contract)
- 4.2.1: Restatement Second of Contracts § 90 (Promissory Estoppel)
- 4.2.6: Note
- 4.2.8: Note
- 4.2.10: Note
- 4.2.12: Note
- 4.2.14: Note
- 4.2.17: Note
- 4.3.3: Note
- 5.2.1: AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC. v. Warner WOLF et al. After reading listen to “Until You Come Back to Me” as performed by Aretha Franklin.
- 5.2.3: Doreen Houseman v. Eric Dare, 405 N.J.Super. 538 (2009). After reading listen to "Atomic Dog" as performed by George Clinton.
- 5.4.1: Fera v. Village Plaza, Inc, 396 Mich. 639 (1976). After reading listen to “Up on the Roof” as performed by The Drifters.
- 5.5.2: B & M Homes, Inc.. v. Hogan, 376 So. 2d 667 (Ala. 1979). After reading listen to "Gimme Shelter" as performed by The Rolling Stones.
- 5.6.1: Rockingham County v. Luten Bridge, Co., 35 F. 2d 301 ( 1929). After reading listen to "The Theme from Route 66" as performed by Nelson Riddle.
- 5.6.4: Note
- 5.7.3.1: Restatement Second Contracts § 356
- 5.7.3.3: DOBSON BAY CLUB II DD, LLC v. LA SONRISA DE SIENA, LLC. After reading listen to “Sing a Song” as performed by Earth, Wind & Fire.
- 6.1: Restatement Second of Contracts § 110
- 7.1: Restatement Second Contracts §§ 209-210
- 7.3: Rebecca D. MASTERSON et al. v. Lu E. SINE et al. After reading listen to “A Foggy Day” as performed by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.
- 8.1: Abraham Barkhordar, Sarah Zelasky, And Ella Wechsler-Matthaei v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. After reading listen to “How High The Moon” as performed by Ella Fitzgerald.
- 8.3: Note
- 9.1.1: Restatement Second Contracts §§ 175-176
- 9.4.3: Robert W. Ryan v. Norman D. Weiner, 610 A.2d 1377 (1992). After reading listen to “You Get What You Give” as performed by The New Radicals.
- 9.4.4: Mitchell v. HCL America, Inc., 190 F. Supp. 3d 477 (2016). After reading listen to “America” as performed by Simon and Garfunkel.
- 10.3.2: Nelson Estate v. Rice, 12 P.3d 238 (2000). After reading listen to “Everybody is a Star” as performed by Sly & The Family Stone.
- 11.1.1: Lionel LUTTINGER et al. v. Charles E. ROSEN et al. After reading listen to "I Got You (I Feel Good)" as performed by James Brown.
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Contracts Casebook - digital version
(First published Jun 2017)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 4.1.9: Allegheny College v. National Chautauqua County Bank of Jamestown, 246 N.Y. 369 (1927). After reading listen to “Eleanor Rigby” as performed by The Beatles.
- 4.3.1: Mills v. Wyman, 3 Pick 207 (1825). After reading listen to “In the Mood” as performed by Glenn Miller.
- 8.4: Frigaliment Importing Co. Ltd. v. BNS International Sales Corp., 190 F. Supp. 116 (1960). After reading listen to "Get the Funk Out Ma Face" as performed by The Brothers Johnson.
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- Contracts: (first published Jul 2020) with contributions from:
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