Problems in contract law: Cases and materials (Law school casebook series)

Charles L. Knapp, Nathan M. Crystal

ISBN 10: 0316499269 / ISBN 13: 9780316499262

Published by Little, Brown & Company, Boston and Toronto, 1987

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Little, Brown & Company, 1987. XXVIII+1198 pages. Fine Hardcover.6.25"x9.5"x1.8". be43.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Problems in contract law: Cases and materials (Law school casebook series)
• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, Boston and Toronto
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316499269
• ISBN 13: 9780316499262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 6.25W x 9.5H x 1.8D inches 6.25 inches width by 9.5 inches height by 1.8 inches depth
• Weight: 3.4 pounds

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Synopsis

Adaptable for instructors with various teaching styles, PROBLEMS IN CONTRACT LAW: Cases and Materials provides a balanced approach to traditional case analysis, problem-based instruction, and theoretical inquiry. Now in its Sixth Edition, this casebook offers a highly intelligent, contemporary treatment of contract law and maintains the success of its previous editions, in part, by including a variety of perspectives and contractual settings.

This edition retains the great features that have made the book a dependable source. It:

incorporates a balanced blend of traditional and contemporary cases includes explanatory notes and text that help students place cases in a larger context and explore related points offers significant treatment of the CISG maintains the Fifth Edition¿s reflection of complexity of current 21st century contract law with its varied strains and constant flux provides three accompanying ancillaries: 1. an outstanding, detailed Teacher's Manual with sample syllabi for various credit courses, sample lesson plans, specific questions, and detailed analyses of all problems in the book 2. a companion statutory and case supplement: Rules of Contract Law, 2007¿2008 Edition (available August 2007) 3. a website with related material for instructors¿ use

Many updates make this an even more valuable source for your classroom. The Sixth Edition:

reorganizes chapters 2 and 3 dealing with the traditional basis for contract formation and liability under other theories presents new material examining the strainsincreasingly exerted on the conventional contract law system over the past 10-15 years by new forms of contracting (electronic, etc.) and by the increased use of mandatory arbitration clauses in mass adhesion contracting (e.g., banks, communications providers, hospitals) provides increased flexibility for professors who prefer to reorder the chapters rather than teach them in a more linear sequence shortens the notes, relocating student-oriented material to the website and professor-oriented material to the Teacher's Manual

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