PROBLEMS IN CONTRACT LAW: Cases and Materials has always bee a favorite of first-time Contracts teachers. By combining contemporary theory and problems with more traditional cases and notes, this successful casebook has become the choice of wide range of profesors. This eagerly-awaited revision introduces new co-author H.G. Prince and a host of new material while it retains the intellectual integrity of previous editions. This extremely teachable casebook draws praise for its: exceptionally engaging problems that mesh with cases, notes, and questions to hold student interest integration of contemporary contract theory such as feminist, law and economics, and other viewpoints. balanced structure and organization that allows the book to be comprehensive, without overwhelming students companion Rules Supplement outstanding Teacher's Manual, with sample syllabi, teaching points keyed to specific pages, answers to many of the problems, and questions keyed to case summaries To keep the book fresh and current, this Fourth Edition features: updated problems, cases, and references expanded coverage of promissory estoppel greater discussion of Alternative Dispute Resolution as it relates to contract law. For your next Contracts course, consider the book that is firmly positioned where scholarship meets practice: PROBLEMS IN CONTRACT LAW: Cases and Materials, Fourth Edition.

Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials, offers a balance of traditional and contemporary cases that reflect the development and complexity of contract law. Explanatory notes and text place classic and contemporary cases in their larger legal context. Questions and problem exercises bridge theory and practice. Adaptable for instructors with different teaching techniques, this successful book includes various perspectives and contractual settings and offers a highly intelligent, contemporary treatment of contract law. It can easily be used in teaching by traditional case analysis, through problem-based instruction, or using theoretical inquiry. Key Features of the New Edition: * Addition of more than 60 review questions with detailed answers that provide the reasoning behind the correct answer and explain why the other choices are incorrect. * Inclusion of landmark recent cases offering a variety perspectives from a number of jurisdictions, including California on the parole evidence rule * Focus on shortening and clarifying the text and note material

Contract Law: A Case & Problem-Based Approach is a unique casebook that provides an organizational structure introducing students to each major area of contract law before exploring these areas in greater depth later in the casebook. Specifically, the casebook is broken into three major parts, each of which is designed not only to orient the students to the major subject areas of contract law but also meant to help them appreciate the connections and relationships between and among these various subject areas. Part I, the “30,000-foot view,” familiarizes students with contract law, discusses the sorts of problems with which contract law is concerned, and introduces them to some of the basic rules and theories governing contract law. Part II, the “10,000-foot view,” exposes students to each major substantive area of contract law in more depth by discussing one classic case in each area, along with additional historical, theoretical, and contextual materials to supplement the black-letter doctrine. After finishing Parts I and II, the student will have a basic understanding of each major area of contract law, along with a good understanding of how these parts fit together. Part III is therefore designed to explore each of the major subject areas in greater depth, and is organized along the lines of a traditional contracts casebook, including a healthy mix of classic and modern cases, short problems, and exercises. New to the Second Edition: Additional materials and cases added to explore the contract doctrines of impossibility and impracticability in light of past and current epidemics (in the case of polio) and pandemics (in the case of COVID-19). Additional case added to explore the relationship between Contract Law, Civil Rights, and Constitutional Law. Reorganization of some materials in Chapter 8 (defenses). More focused notes and appendices Professors and student will benefit from: Organization exposes students to main concepts, and gives professors a number of choices about how to teach their course. Helpful doctrinal introductions to each new major substantive section. Historical, theoretical, and comparative materials are presented to help students understand and think critically about the black-letter rules. “Thinking tools” feature that helps the student think critically about the law, along with theoretical, historical, doctrinal, contextual, and practice-oriented notes enrich the students’ black-letter experience. Enjoyable, contextual materials that are included after a number of classic cases help to bring to light fascinating background information.

Contract law allows parties to set their own rules within constraints. It provides a set of default rules and if the parties do not like them, they can change them. Rethinking Contract Law and Contract Design explores various long-standing contract doc