TY - BOOK AU - Markovits,Daniel TI - Contract law and legal methods T2 - University casebook series SN - 9781599414454 AV - KF 801 .A7 M35 2012 U1 - 346.7302 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York, NY PB - Foundation Press, Thomson Reuters KW - Contracts KW - United States KW - Cases KW - USA KW - Casebooks (Law) KW - Trials, litigation, etc KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references; PART ONE : REMEDIES (HEREIN OF LAW AND ECONOMICS) -- Introduction -- Economic efficiency -- The efficiency of expectation damages : the core argument -- A complication : limiting expectation by certainty and foreseeability -- Efficiency and buyer decisions -- Sales of goods and the Uniform Commercial Code -- Remedies specified by the parties -- Punitive damages -- Specific performance -- Restitution and rescission -- Reliance -- PART TWO : MAKING CONTRACTS AND MAKING CONTRACTUAL MEANING (HEREIN OF FORMALISM, REALISM, AND THE STYLES OF LEGAL DOCTRINE) -- Introduction -- Offer and acceptance -- Failures to engage -- Consideration -- Alternative paths to contract? -- Fixing contractual meaning -- PART THREE : FREEDOM OF CONTRACT AND ITS LIMITS (HEREIN OF LAW AND MORALS) -- Introduction -- Good faith -- Contracts of adhesion -- Arbitration agreements -- The employment contract -- Marriage -- Contract and constraint ER -