A Casebook on Contract

This is the sixth, fully updated, edition of Professor Burrows' casebook, offering law students the ideal way to discover and understand contract law through reading highlights from the leading cases. Designed to be used either on its own or to supplement a contract law textbook, this book covers the undergraduate contract law course in a series of clearly presented and carefully structured chapters. The author provides an expert introduction to each topic and his succinct notes and questions seek to guide students to a proper understanding of the cases. The relevant statutes are also set out along with a principled analysis of them. In addition to cross-references to further discussion in the leading textbooks, an innovative feature is the summary of leading academic articles in each chapter. The book is designed not to overwhelm students by its length but covers all aspects of the law of contract most commonly found in the undergraduate curriculum.

PART ONE: THE FORMATION OF A CONTRACT 1. OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE 2. CERTAINTY AND INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONS 3. CONSIDERATION AND PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL PART TWO: THE TERMS OF A CONTRACT 4. IDENTIFYING THE TERMS 5. INTERPRETING THE TERMS 6. STATUTORY CONTROL OF EXEMPTION CLAUSES AND UNFAIR TERMS PART THREE: REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT 7. TERMINATION 8. DAMAGES 9. DIRECT ENFORCEMENT PART FOUR: PRIVITY OF CONTRACT AND THIRD PARTY RIGHTS 10. PRIVITY OF CONTRACT AND THIRD PARTY RIGHTS PART FIVE: FACTORS ALLOWING ESCAPE FROM A CONTRACT 11. MISREPRESENTATION 12. MISTAKE 13. FRUSTRATION 14. DURESS 15. UNDUE INFLUENCE AND EXPLOITATION OF WEAKNESS 823