Law School for Everyone: Contracts

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If a product or service exists, someone might want to buy it or sell it. And if they do, the vehicle they’ll use is a contract. This makes contract law a fascinating field that is as broad as everything humans do. Professor Biography......Page 3 Table of Contents......Page 5 Course Scope......Page 7 Lecture 1–Contract Formation in the Internet Age......Page 10 The Purposes of the Objective Theory......Page 11 The Fine Print......Page 12 Changing Times......Page 13 Controversial Methods......Page 15 The Decisions’ Meaning......Page 16 Offers......Page 18 Acceptances, Revocations, and Counteroffers......Page 19 The UCC......Page 21 UCC Section 2-207......Page 22 The UCC’s Approach......Page 24 Defining Consideration......Page 26 History of the Consideration Doctrine......Page 27 The Evolution Continues......Page 29 Mills v. Wyman......Page 30 The Purpose of the Consideration Doctrine......Page 31 Erosion and Persistence......Page 32 Unilateral and Bilateral Contracts......Page 34 Petterson v. Pattberg......Page 35 Evolving Rules......Page 36 Option Contracts......Page 37 Firm Offers......Page 38 Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc......Page 39 A Twist on the Case......Page 40 Lecture 5–Liability without a Binding Contract......Page 42 Promissory Estoppel Emerges......Page 43 A Changing Identity......Page 44 Restitution......Page 46 Commerce Partnership v. Equity Construction......Page 47 The Emergency Exception......Page 48 Lecture 6–Defenses to Contract: Fraud and Duress......Page 50 Fraud: Misrepresentation......Page 51 Fraud: Nondisclosure......Page 52 Mutual Mistakes......Page 55 Unilateral Mistakes......Page 56 Frustration of Purpose......Page 57 Impracticability......Page 58 Mental Incapacity......Page 59 Illegality......Page 60 Market Inalienability......Page 61 Lecture 8–Third Parties in Contract Law......Page 64 Background on Third Parties......Page 65 The Evolution Continues......Page 66 Patterns and Haze......Page 67 Stabilization......Page 68 Assignments......Page 69 Delegations......Page 70 Lecture 9–When a Contract Needs to Be in Writing......Page 72 The Statute of Frauds......Page 73 The Parol Evidence Rule......Page 74 Complexities of the Parol Evidence Rule......Page 75 Lecture 10–Contract Interpretation and Implied Terms......Page 78 Subjective and Objective Views......Page 79 Implied Terms......Page 80 Applying the Objective Test......Page 81 Warranties......Page 82 Lecture 11–Building Contracts and Breaching Them......Page 85 Express Conditions......Page 86 Constructive Conditions......Page 87 Jacob & Youngs, Inc. v. Kent......Page 88 Non-Material and Material Breaches......Page 89 Taylor v. Johnston......Page 90 Specific Performance versus Money Damages......Page 93 The Expectation Interest......Page 94 Consequential Damages......Page 96 Reliance Damages......Page 97 Restitution Damages......Page 98 Bibliography......Page 100 Image Credits......Page 104