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• Preface(p. xxxiii)
• Casebook Correlation Chart(p. xxxv)
• Capsule Summary(p. 1)
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• I. Meaning of "Contract"(p. 1)
• A. Definition(p. 1)
• II. Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts(p. 1)
• III. Economic Analysis of Contract Law(p. 2)
• IV. Sources of Contract Law(p. 4)
• Chapter 2 Offer and Acceptance
• I. Intent to Contract(p. 5)
• A. Mutual assent(p. 5)
• B. Objective theory of contracts(p. 6)
• C. Intent to create legal relations(p. 7)
• D. Intent to memorialize agreement in writing(p. 8)
• II. Offer and Acceptance Generally(p. 9)
• A. Requirement of offer and acceptance(p. 9)
• B. Restatement definition(p. 9)
• C. Promise contained in offer(p. 9)
• D. Offer creates power of acceptance(p. 10)
• III. Validity of Particular Kinds of Offers(p. 10)
• A. Offer made in jest(p. 10)
• B. Offer distinguished from expression of opinion(p. 11)
• C. Preliminary negotiations distinguished from offers(p. 11)
• D. Price quotations distinguished from offers(p. 11)
• E. Advertisements as offers(p. 12)
• F. Offers at auctions(p. 12)
• G. Invitations to bid(p. 13)
• H. Indefinite offers(p. 13)
• I. Offers proposing a series of contracts(p. 14)
• IV. The Acceptance(p. 15)
• A. Acceptance defined(p. 15)
• B. Who may accept the offer(p. 15)
• C. Offeree sometimes required to know of the offer(p. 16)
• D. Method of acceptance(p. 17)
• V. Acceptance Varying from Offer(p. 23)
• A. Problem generally(p. 23)
• B. Common-law view(p. 24)
• C. Liberal UCC view(p. 25)
• D. Detailed discussion of [section] 2-207(p. 26)
• E. Acceptance expressly conditional on assent to changes(p. 27)
• F. Additional term in acceptance(p. 29)
• G. Different (conflicting) terms in documents(p. 32)
• H. Response diverges too much to be acceptance(p. 33)
• I. Contract by parties' conduct(p. 34)
• J. Confirmation of oral agreement(p. 36)
• K. Negotiations not involving the "battle of the forms"(p. 37)
• L. The Restatement position(p. 38)
• VI. Duration of the Power of Acceptance(p. 40)
• A. Determining whether the acceptance is timely(p. 40)
• B. "Continuing Offers" implied(p. 40)
• C. Restatement view(p. 41)
• D. Offer terminated by offeree's rejection(p. 41)
• E. Counter offer terminates power to accept(p. 41)
• F. Lapse of time(p. 42)
• G. Revocation(p. 43)
• H. Death or incapacity of offeror or offeree(p. 45)
• I. Supervening illegality(p. 45)
• J. Irrevocable offers(p. 46)
• K. Temporary irrevocability caused by part performance or detrimental reliance(p. 48)
• VII. When Acceptance Becomes Effective(p. 54)
• A. Introduction(p. 54)
• B. General rule(p. 54)
• C. Misdirection of acceptance(p. 55)
• D. Acceptance lost in transmission(p. 56)
• E. Where offeree sends both acceptance and rejection(p. 56)
• F. Acceptance of option contracts(p. 58)
• G. Effective date of revocation of offer(p. 58)
• H. Risk of mistake in transmission(p. 58)
• VIII. Indefiniteness(p. 61)
• A. Problem of indefiniteness generally(p. 61)
• B. Modern view more liberal(p. 61)
• C. Necessary terms(p. 61)
• IX. Misunderstanding(p. 69)
• Chapter 3 Consideration
• I. Introduction(p. 81)
• A. Consideration as a requirement for a contract(p. 81)
• B. Purpose of consideration doctrine(p. 81)
• C. Definition(p. 82)
• D. Gist of the definition(p. 82)
• E. Two kinds of problems(p. 82)
• II. The Bargain Element--Gift Promises(p. 83)
• A. The bargain element generally(p. 83)
• B. Ordinary gift cases(p. 83)
• C. Test for distinguishing bargains from pre-conditions(p. 84)
• D. Sham and nominal consideration(p. 85)
• E. Importance of whether recited consideration was actually paid(p. 85)
• F. Mixture of bargain and gift(p. 86)
• G. Promisee must be aware of promise(p. 86)
• H. Consideration doctrine not applicable to executed gifts(p. 86)
• III. The Bargain Element--"Past Consideration"(p. 87)
• A. "Past consideration" not sufficient(p. 87)
• B. Pre-existing debt(p. 87)
• C. Promise to pay for past services received(p. 88)
• IV. The "Detriment" Element Generally(p. 89)
• A. The "detriment" aspect of consideration(p. 89)
• B. "Detriment" idea summarized(p. 89)
• C. Consideration may be either promise or performance(p. 89)
• D. Where issue arises(p. 90)
• E. Court will not inquire into "adequacy" of the detriment(p. 90)
• V. The Pre-Existing Duty Rule(p. 92)
• A. The pre-existing duty rule generally(p. 92)
• B. General rule in two party cases(p. 93)
• C. Agreements to accept part payment of debt in satisfaction of whole(p. 95)
• D. Extension agreements(p. 98)
• E. Forbearance from bringing suit(p. 98)
• F. The "three party" pre-existing duty cases(p. 99)
• VI. Mutuality of Consideration(p. 102)
• A. Requirement that each side furnish consideration(p. 102)
• B. Consideration in bilateral contracts(p. 102)
• C. "Mutuality of obligation(p. 102)
• VII. Illusory, Alternative, and Implied Promises(p. 103)
• A. Introduction(p. 103)
• B. Illusory promises(p. 103)
• C. Alternative promises(p. 104)
• D. Right to terminate agreement(p. 105)
• E. Other kinds of implied promises(p. 106)
• VIII. Requirements and Output Contracts(p. 106)
• A. Requirements and output contracts(p. 106)
• B. UCC approach(p. 107)
• C. Requirements and output contracts distinguished from continuing offers(p. 108)
• IX. Miscellaneous consideration Problems(p. 109)
• A. Conditional promises(p. 109)
• B. Voidable and unenforceable promises(p. 110)
• C. Forging a good unilateral contract out of a bad bilateral one(p. 111)
• Chapter 4 Promises Binding Without Consideration
• I. Introduction(p. 117)
• II. Promises to Pay Past Debts(p. 117)
• A. Promises to pay past debts that are no longer legally enforceable(p. 117)
• B. "Moral consideration"(p. 118)
• C. Scope of promisor's duty(p. 118)
• III. Promise to Pay for Benefits Received(p. 119)
• A. Promise to pay for benefits received generally(p. 119)
• IV. Other Contracts Binding Without Consideration(p. 121)
• A. Promise to perform a voidable duty(p. 121)
• B. Modification of contracts(p. 121)
• C. Option contracts(p. 123)
• D. Guaranties(p. 124)
• E. Contracts under seal(p. 125)
• V. Promissory Estoppel(p. 126)
• A. Introduction(p. 126)
• B. Restatement definition(p. 126)
• C. Unbargained-for reliance(p. 127)
• D. Promises to make gifts(p. 128)
• E. Charitable subscriptions(p. 129)
• F. Gratuitous bailments and agencies(p. 130)
• G. Promises to pay pensions(p. 131)
• H. Offers by sub-contractors(p. 131)
• I. At-will jobs and other at-will relationships(p. 132)
• J. Duty to bargain in good faith(p. 133)
• K. Theories of recovery(p. 135)
• L. Promissory estoppel under the UCC(p. 137)
• Chapter 5 Mistake
• I. Nature of Mistake Generally(p. 143)
• II. General Rule on Mistake(p. 144)
• III. Mutual Mistake(p. 145)
• A. Restatement position(p. 145)
• B. Restatement's three requirements(p. 145)
• C. Meaning of "basic assumption"(p. 145)
• D. Material effect on agreed exchange(p. 148)
• E. Allocation of risk(p. 148)
• F. Relation to breach of warranty(p. 150)
• G. Misunderstanding(p. 150)
• IV. Unilateral Mistake(p. 151)
• A. The problem generally(p. 151)
• B. Traditional rule(p. 151)
• C. Modern view(p. 151)
• V. Defenses and Remedies(p. 154)
• A. Negligence usually not a defense(p. 154)
• B. Remedies(p. 155)
• VI. Reformation as Remedy for Error in Expression(p. 156)
• Chapter 6 Parol Evidence and Interpretation
• I. The Parol Evidence Rule Generally(p. 161)
• A. How the rule applies(p. 161)
• II. Total and Partial Integration(p. 162)
• A. The concept of "integration"(p. 162)
• B. "Partial" vs. "total" integrations(p. 162)
• C. Statement of the parol evidence rule(p. 162)
• D. Contemporaneous and subsequent expressions(p. 163)
• E. The UCC's parol evidence rule(p. 165)
• III. The Roles of the Judge and Jury(p. 167)
• A. Preliminary determinations made by judge(p. 167)
• B. Conflicting views on how judges decide(p. 167)
• C. Deciding whether a writing is an integration, and whether particular terms contradict or supplement it(p. 170)
• IV. Situations in Which the Parol Evidence Rule Does not Apply(p. 171)
• A. Rule does not bar a showing of fraud, mistake or other voidability(p. 171)
• B. Existence of a condition(p. 171)
• C. Collateral agreement supported by separate consideration(p. 172)
• D. Subsequent transactions(p. 172)
• V. Interpretation(p. 173)
• A. Interpretation generally(p. 173)
• B. Maxims of interpretation(p. 177)
• VI. Trade Usage, Course of Performance, and Course of Dealing(p. 177)
• A. Common-law use of "custom"(p. 177)
• B. Modern tendency exemplified by UCC(p. 178)
• C. Effect on the parol evidence rule(p. 179)
• D. Allowable to add or subtract from the agreement(p. 179)
• E. Priorities(p. 180)
• VII. Omitted Terms Supplied by Court(p. 180)
• A. Court may supply term(p. 180)
• B. Restatement rule(p. 181)
• Chapter 7 Conditions, Breach, and other Aspects of Performance
• I. Introduction(p. 189)
• II. Classification of Conditions(p. 190)
• A. Precedent/Subsequent distinction(p. 190)
• B. Express and constructive conditions(p. 191)
• III. Distinction Between Conditions and Promises(p. 192)
• A. Importance of distinction(p. 192)
• IV. Express Conditions(p. 195)
• A. Strict compliance(p. 195)
• B. Satisfaction of a party(p. 197)
• C. Satisfaction of a third person(p. 198)
• D. Demand as a condition(p. 199)
• V. Constructive Conditions(p. 200)
• A. Use of constructive conditions in bilateral contracts(p. 200)
• B. Order of performance(p. 201)
• C. Independent vs. dependent promises(p. 205)
• D. Divisible contracts(p. 206)
• VI. Substantial Performance(p. 211)
• A. Doctrine of substantial performance(p. 211)
• B. Suspension followed by discharge(p. 211)
• C. Factors determining whether a breach is material(p. 212)
• D. Material breach in contracts for the sale of goods(p. 213)
• VII. Excuse of Conditions(p. 220)
• A. Introduction(p. 220)
• B. Hindrance or wrongful prevention(p. 220)
• C. Intent to forego the benefit of the condition ("waiver")(p. 222)
• D. Excuse of condition because of impossibility(p. 226)
• VIII. Repudiation and Prospective Inability to Perform as Failures of Constructive Conditions(p. 229)
• A. General effect of prospective breach(p. 229)
• B. Insolvency or financial inability(p. 230)
• C. Right to adequate assurance of performance(p. 230)
• Chapter 8 Anticipatory Repudiation and other Aspects of Breach
• I. Total and Partial Breach(p. 239)
• II. Anticipatory Repudiation Generally(p. 240)
• A. A recap(p. 240)
• B. Hochster accepted(p. 241)
• C. What constitutes a repudiation(p. 241)
• III. Other Aspects of Repudiation(p. 244)
• A. Repudiation after repudiator's performance has fallen due(p. 244)
• B. Retraction of repudiation(p. 244)
• C. The repudiatee's option to sue or continue the contract(p. 245)
• D. Repudiatee's inability to perform(p. 246)
• E. Repudiation of a unilateral obligation to pay money(p. 247)
• F. Damages for repudiation under UCC(p. 247)
• G. Right to demand assurances of performance(p. 249)
• Chapter 9 Statute of Frauds
• I. Introduction(p. 253)
• II. Suretyship Agreements(p. 254)
• A. General rule(p. 254)
• B. The main purpose rule(p. 255)
• III. The Marriage Provision(p. 257)
• IV. The Land Contract Provision(p. 258)
• A. Contracts to transfer and buy land(p. 258)
• B. Interests in land(p. 258)
• C. Effect of vendor's performance or vendee's reliance(p. 259)
• V. The One-Year Provision(p. 261)
• A. General rule(p. 261)
• B. Performance must be impossible within the one-year period(p. 262)
• C. Alternative performances(p. 263)
• D. Full performance on one side(p. 264)
• E. One-year provision applies to all contracts(p. 264)
• VI. Contract for the Sale of Goods(p. 265)
• A. Goods versus other property under the UCC(p. 265)
• B. General rule as to goods(p. 266)
• VII. Satisfaction of the Statute by a Memorandum(p. 268)
• A. Requirement(p. 268)
• B. What memorandum must contain(p. 268)
• C. Memorandum composed of several documents(p. 269)
• D. Signature(p. 269)
• E. UCC memorandum requirements(p. 270)
• VIII. Effect of Non-Compliance(p. 271)
• A. Void versus voidable(p. 271)
• B. Effect where only part of the contract is within the Statute(p. 272)
• IX. Oral Rescission and Modification(p. 273)
• A. Oral rescission(p. 273)
• B. Modification(p. 273)
• X. Restitution, Reliance and Estoppel(p. 275)
• A. Remedies generally(p. 275)
• B. Quasi-contractual recovery(p. 275)
• C. Promissory estoppel(p. 276)
• Chapter 10 Remedies
• I. Introduction(p. 286)
• A. Recovery on and off the contract(p. 286)
• B. Law/equity distinction(p. 287)
• II. Equitable Remedies(p. 287)
• A. Equitable relief generally(p. 287)
• B. Limitations on the use of equity(p. 288)
• C. Land-sale contracts(p. 290)
• D. Contracts involving personal services(p. 290)
• E. Sale of goods(p. 292)
• III. Kinds of Damage Measures(p. 293)
• A. Three kinds of interest(p. 293)
• IV. Expectation Damages(p. 294)
• A. Expectation interest(p. 294)
• B. Usual formula for calculating expectation damages(p. 295)
• C. Requirement of reasonable certainty(p. 297)
• D. UCC follows expectation rule(p. 300)
• V. Reliance Damages(p. 301)
• A. General function of reliance damages(p. 301)
• B. Reliance damages where profits too speculative(p. 302)
• C. Plaintiff is vendee in land contract(p. 302)
• D. Promissory estoppel(p. 302)
• E. Doctor-patient contracts(p. 302)
• F. Limitations on amount of reliance recovery(p. 303)
• G. Cost to plaintiff, not value to defendant(p. 304)
• H. Reliance damages under the UCC(p. 304)
• VI. Restitution(p. 305)
• A. Restitution generally(p. 305)
• B. Restitution as a remedy for breach of contract(p. 306)
• C. Restituion not limited to the contract price(p. 306)
• D. Restitution in losing contract(p. 307)
• E. Restitution for the breaching plaintiff(p. 307)
• VII. Substantial Performance as a Basis for Suit on the Contract(p. 308)
• A. Substantial performance generally(p. 308)
• B. Calculation of defendant's damages(p. 309)
• C. Divisible contracts(p. 310)
• VIII. Suits in Quasi-Contract(p. 310)
• A. Situations where quasi-contract may be used(p. 310)
• B. Measure of damages(p. 310)
• C. Quasi-contract where no contract attempted(p. 310)
• D. Unenforceable contracts(p. 311)
• E. Quasi-contractual recovery by a breaching plaintiff(p. 312)
• F. Plaintiff not entitled to contract damages(p. 315)
• IX. Foreseeability(p. 317)
• A. General limits on consequential damages(p. 317)
• B. Hadley v. Baxendale(p. 317)
• C. Hadley universally followed(p. 318)
• X. Avoidable Damages(p. 321)
• A. General rule(p. 321)
• B. Standard of reasonableness(p. 321)
• C. Sales contracts(p. 322)
• D. Wrongful demands or threats(p. 323)
• E. Affirmative conduct by plaintiff which increases loss(p. 324)
• F. Non-exclusive contracts(p. 324)
• G. Losses incurred in avoiding damages(p. 325)
• XI. Nominal and Punitive Damages(p. 327)
• A. Non-compensatory damages(p. 327)
• B. Nominal damages(p. 327)
• C. Punitive damages(p. 327)
• D. Damages for mental suffering(p. 328)
• XII. Liquidated Damages(p. 328)
• A. Reason for liquidated damages clauses(p. 328)
• B. Rules of enforceability(p. 329)
• C. Policy against penalties(p. 329)
• D. Reasonableness of amount(p. 329)
• E. Difficulty of fixing damages(p. 331)
• F. Damage clause limiting probable recovery(p. 332)
• G. UCC rules on liquidated damages(p. 332)
• H. Consequence of unenforceability(p. 333)
• XIII. Damages in Sales Contracts(p. 335)
• A. Distinction between acceptance and rejection(p. 335)
• B. Buyer's damages generally, where goods have not been accepted(p. 335)
• C. Seller's damages for breach(p. 338)
• D. Damages where the goods are accepted(p. 343)
• Chapter 11 Contracts Involving More Than Two Parties
• I. Assignment and Delegation Generally(p. 356)
• A. Introduction(p. 356)
• B. Assignment distinguished from delegation(p. 356)
• II. Assignment(p. 356)
• A. Present transfer(p. 356)
• B. Assignor's right extinguished(p. 356)
• C. UCC rules on assignment(p. 357)
• D. No writing required absent statute(p. 358)
• E. Gratuitous assignments(p. 358)
• F. What rights are assignable(p. 359)
• G. Contract terms prohibiting assignment(p. 362)
• H. Rights of the assignee against the obligor(p. 365)
• I. Rights of successive assignees of the same claim(p. 372)
• J. Rights of assignee against assignor(p. 373)
• III. Delegation of Duties(p. 376)
• A. Delegation generally(p. 376)
• B. Continued liability of delegator(p. 376)
• C. Non-delegable duties(p. 376)
• D. The delegatee's liability(p. 379)
• E. Effect of delegator's repudiation, or his delegation of non-delegable duty(p. 381)
• IV. Third Party Beneficiaries(p. 385)
• A. Introduction(p. 385)
• B. Older cases and the First Restatement(p. 385)
• C. Second Restatement's abandonment of the two category structure(p. 386)
• D. Some frequently arising situations(p. 388)
• E. Discharge or modification by the original parties(p. 391)
• F. Defenses against the beneficiary(p. 392)
• G. Beneficiary versus promisee(p. 393)
• H. The UCC and third party beneficiaries(p. 393)
• Chapter 12 Impossibility, Impracticability, and Frustration
• I. Introduction(p. 403)
• II. Impossibility of Performance(p. 405)
• A. Supervening impossibility generally(p. 405)
• B. Restatement approach(p. 405)
• C. Destruction or unavailability of the subject matter(p. 405)
• D. Impossibility of intangible but essential mode of performance(p. 410)
• E. Death or illness(p. 413)
• F. Supervening illegality(p. 414)
• G. Temporary impossibility(p. 415)
• III. Impracticability(p. 415)
• A. Impracticability as a kind of impossibility(p. 415)
• B. UCC in accord with modern view(p. 417)
• IV. Frustration of Purpose(p. 418)
• A. Frustration of purpose distinguished from impossibility(p. 418)
• B. Factors to be considered(p. 418)
• C. UCC view(p. 420)
• V. Restitution and Reliance Where the Parties' Obligations have Been Discharged(p. 424)
• A. Shifting the losses(p. 424)
• B. Return of down payment(p. 424)
• C. Restitution(p. 424)
• Chapter 13 Miscellaneous Defenses: Illegality, Duress, Misrepresentation, Unconscionability, and Lack of Capacity
• I. Illegality(p. 432)
• A. Kinds of illegal contracts(p. 432)
• B. Effects of illegality on contractual recovery(p. 438)
• II. Duress(p. 442)
• III. Misrepresentation(p. 443)
• A. Misrepresentation generally(p. 443)
• B. Elements of proof required(p. 444)
• C. Concealment and nondisclosure(p. 445)
• IV. Unconscionability and Adhesion Contracts(p. 448)
• A. Weapons against unfair contracts(p. 448)
• B. Adhesion contracts(p. 448)
• C. Unconscionability generally(p. 451)
• D. The Code view generally(p. 451)
• E. Varieties of unconscionability(p. 452)
• F. Excessive price(p. 452)
• G. Remedy-meddling(p. 453)
• H. Remedies for unconscionability(p. 456)
• V. Capacity(p. 456)
• A. Capacity generally(p. 456)
• B. Infants(p. 456)
• C. Mental incompetents(p. 459)
• Chapter 14 Warranties
• I. Warranties Generally(p. 467)
• II. Express Warranties(p. 468)
• A. Express warranty defined(p. 468)
• III. Implied Warranty of Merchantability(p. 469)
• A. The warranty of merchantability generally(p. 469)
• B. Meaning of "merchantable"(p. 469)
• C. Cigarettes and alcohol(p. 470)
• IV. Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose(p. 470)
• A. Warranty of fitness generally(p. 470)
• B. Conditions(p. 470)
• V. The Warranty of Title and Against Infringement(p. 471)
• VI. Privity(p. 471)
• VII. Disclaimers of Warranty(p. 472)
• A. Disclaimers generally(p. 472)
• B. Disclaimers of express warranty(p. 472)
• C. Disclaimers of implied warranty(p. 473)
• D. Disclaimer after deal is closed(p. 474)
• E. Federal Warranty Act(p. 474)
• VIII. Modifying Contract Remedies(p. 474)
• A. Modification of remedies distinguished from disclaimers(p. 474)
• B. Code limitations(p. 474)
• Chapter 15 Discharge of Contracts
• I. Rescission(p. 479)
• A. Mutual rescission(p. 479)
• B. Where fully performed on one side(p. 480)
• C. Writing not necessary(p. 480)
• D. Duty to pay for benefits received(p. 480)
• E. Unilateral rescission(p. 480)
• II. Accord and Satisfaction(p. 480)
• A. Executory accord(p. 480)
• B. Consequence of accord(p. 480)
• C. Check cashing as an accord and satisfaction(p. 481)
• III. Substituted Agreement(p. 481)
• A. Substituted agreement distinguished from executory accord(p. 481)
• B. Consequences of substituted agreement(p. 481)
• C. Distinguishing between an executory accord and a substituted agreement(p. 482)
• D. Formal requirements for substituted agreement(p. 482)
• IV. Novation(p. 483)
• V. Account Stated(p. 483)
• VI. Release and Covenant not to Sue(p. 484)
• Essay Exam Questions and Answers(p. 489)
• Table of Cases(p. 499)
• Table of UCC References(p. 501)
• Table of Restatement References(p. 505)
• Subject Matter Index(p. 509)