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Basic Contract Law Concise Edition 11th Edition 9781685610319

A Streamlined Yet Comprehensive Approach to Contract Law

The Concise Edition is designed for a four-unit course, offering a streamlined yet rigorous approach to contract law while maintaining the depth and analytical richness of the full edition. This version achieves concision through three key strategies:

1. Selective Reduction of Materials – Some foundational topics are presented in a more condensed format, with eliminated note materials and cases or fewer principal cases, ensuring that essential concepts remain while reducing bulk.
2. Conversion of Some Topics into Notes – Certain subjects are summarized in note form, allowing students to grasp fundamental principles efficiently. In the remedies section, for example, topics such as certainty in lost profits as consequential damages, emotional distress damages, and restitution for plaintiffs in default are covered concisely without sacrificing clarity.
3. Elimination of Select Topics – To streamline content further, some less central areas have been removed entirely, including discussions on the non-enforceability of donative promises, past consideration, third-party beneficiaries, and assignment.

Despite these reductions, the Concise Edition retains the core strengths of the full casebook, including:

• Robust, full-length versions of principal cases that provide a deep understanding of contract law.
• A functionalist approach to legal issues, focusing on how contract law operates in real-world contexts.
• Analytical notes exploring the evolution of contract doctrine, including distinctions between classical and modern contract law.

New to the Latest Edition:

This edition includes new and expanded materials on:

• Contract interpretation, refining how courts determine the meaning of contractual language.
• Unilateral mistake, exploring circumstances where one party’s error affects contract enforcement.
• Race in contract law, addressing historical and contemporary issues of racial discrimination in contractual relationships.
• Consumer form contracts, examining standard-form agreements and their implications for consumers.

By striking a balance between concision and depth, the Concise Edition provides an efficient, engaging, and insightful resource for students and instructors seeking a comprehensive yet manageable introduction to contract law.

Basic Contract Law Concise Edition Fuller 11th Edition 978-1685610319

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