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Title Page
Copyright Page
About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Dedication Page
Abbreviations Used in Text
Summary of Contents
Contents
Preface
Table of Flow Charts, Checklists and Other Graphic Aids
Casebook Correlation Chart
Capsule Summary
Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION
	I. MEANING OF “CONTRACT”
		A. Definition
	II. VOID, VOIDABLE AND UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS
	III. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CONTRACT LAW
	IV. SOURCES OF CONTRACT LAW
Chapter 2 - OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE
	I. INTENT TO CONTRACT
		A. Mutual assent
		B. Objective theory of contracts
		C. Intent to create legal relations
		D. Intent to memorialize agreement in writing
	II. OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE GENERALLY
		A. Requirement of offer and acceptance
		B. Restatement definition
		C. Promise contained in offer
		D. Offer creates power of acceptance
			1. Options
	III. VALIDITY OF PARTICULAR KINDS OF OFFERS
		A. Offer made in jest
		B. Offer distinguished from expression of opinion
		C. Preliminary negotiations distinguished from offers
		D. Price quotations distinguished from offers
		E. Advertisements as offers
		F. Offers at auctions
		G. Invitations to bid
		H. Seller’s response to inquiry
		I. Indefinite offers
		J. Offers proposing a series of contracts
		Quiz Yourself on - VALIDITY OF OFFERS
	IV. THE ACCEPTANCE
		A. Acceptance defined
		B. Who may accept the offer
		C. Must be in response to an offer
		D. Offeree usually required to know of the offer
		E. Method of acceptance
			1. Can suspend mailbox rule
			2. Mode of acceptance where not specified in offer
			3. Acceptance of unilateral contract
			4. Acceptance of bilateral contract
			5. Where offer invites either promise or performance
			6. Acceptance by silence
			7. Notice of acceptance of unilateral contract
		Quiz Yourself on - THE ACCEPTANCE
	V. ACCEPTANCE VARYING FROM OFFER
		A. Problem generally
		B. Common-law view
			1. Injustice
		C. Liberal UCC view
			1. “Battle of the forms”
			2. Role of § 2-207
			3. Text of § 2-207
			4. Summary
		D. Detailed discussion
		E. Acceptance expressly conditional on assent to changes
		F. Additional term in acceptance
			1. Contract formed
			2. Proposal for addition to the contract
			3. At least one party not merchant
			4. Both parties merchants
			5. Recap of how additional terms are handled
			6. Additional term in first document but not second
		G. Different (conflicting) terms in documents
		H. Response diverges too much to be acceptance
		I. Contract by parties’ conduct
		J. Confirmation of oral agreement
		K. “Terms to follow” contracts (a/k/a “rolling” contracts)
		L. Negotiations not involving standardized forms
		M. Electronic commerce, and its effect on contract formation
		N. Modern view of divergences in non-UCC cases
		Quiz Yourself on - ACCEPTANCE VARYING FROM OFFER
	VI. DURATION OF THE POWER OF ACCEPTANCE
		A. Determining whether the acceptance is timely
		B. “Continuing offers” implied
		C. Four ways of terminating offer
		D. Offer terminated by offeree’s rejection
		E. Counter-offer terminates power to accept
		F. Lapse of time
		G. Revocation
			1. Effective upon receipt
			2. Lost revocation
			3. What constitutes receipt of revocation
			4. Indirect communication of revocation
			5. Revocation of general offer
		H. Death or incapacity of offeror or offeree
		I. Supervening illegality
		J. Irrevocable offers
			1. Exceptions
			2. The standard option contract
			3. “Firm offers” under the UCC
			4. Part performance or detrimental reliance
		K. Temporary irrevocability caused by part performance or detrimental reliance
	VII. WHEN ACCEPTANCE BECOMES EFFECTIVE
		A. Introduction
		B. General “mailbox” rule
		C. Misdirection of acceptance
		D. Acceptance lost in transmission
		E. Where offeree sends both acceptance and rejection
		F. Acceptance of option contracts
		G. Effective date of revocation of offer
		Quiz Yourself on - TIMELINESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ACCEPTANCE
	VIII. INDEFINITENESS
		A. Problem of indefiniteness generally
		B. Modern view more liberal
		C. Necessary terms
			1. Court may supply missing term
			2. Implication of reasonable terms, generally
			3. Implied obligation of good faith
			4. Trade usage or other external evidence
			5. Need for an intent to contract
			6. Agreement to agree
			7. Contracts where terms are left to one party’s specifications
			8. Indefiniteness cured by part performance
	IX. MISUNDERSTANDING
		Quiz Yourself on - INDEFINITENESS AND MISUNDERSTANDING
		Exam Tips on - OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE
Chapter 3 - CONSIDERATION
	I. INTRODUCTION
		A. Consideration as a requirement for a contract
		B. Purpose of consideration doctrine
		C. Definition
		D. Two kinds of problems
	II. THE BARGAIN ELEMENT — GIFT PROMISES
		A. The bargain element generally
			1. “Bargain” defined
		B. Ordinary gift cases
			1. Bargains vs. conditional gifts
			2. Test for distinguishing bargains from pre-conditions
			3. Non-economic benefits
			4. Business context does not negate donative intent
			5. Absence of overt bargaining not fatal
		C. Sham and nominal consideration
		D. Importance of whether recited consideration was actually paid
		E. Promisee must be aware of promise
		F. Consideration doctrine not applicable to executed gifts
	III. THE BARGAIN ELEMENT — “PAST CONSIDERATION”
		A. “Past consideration” not sufficient
		B. Pre-existing debt
		C. Promise to pay for past services received
		Quiz Yourself on - THE BARGAIN ELEMENT
	IV. THE “DETRIMENT” ELEMENT GENERALLY
		A. The “detriment” aspect of consideration
		B. “Detriment” idea summarized
		C. Consideration may be either promise or performance
		D. Where issue arises
		E. Court will not inquire into “adequacy” of the detriment
			1. Minor effort or other thing of non-monetary value
			2. Equity courts have different rule
			3. Inadequacy of consideration as evidence of fraud, duress, unconscionability, etc.
	V. THE PRE-EXISTING DUTY RULE
		A. The pre-existing duty rule generally
		B. General pre-existing duty rule in two party cases
			1. Promise to modify
			2. Deterring hold-up behavior
			3. Construction contracts
			4. Restatement view
			5. The “unforeseen circumstances” exception
			6. Promissory estoppel
			7. Where extra duties assumed
			8. Duty owed to third person rather than to promisor
			9. Some states have rejected rule
			10. Rewards and bonuses
		C. Agreements to accept part payment of debt in satisfaction of whole
		D. Extension agreements
		E. Settlement of other kinds of suits
		F. The “three party” pre-existing duty cases
		Quiz Yourself on - DETRIMENT, AND THE PRE-EXISTING DUTY RULE
	VI. MUTUALITY OF CONSIDERATION
		A. Requirement that each side furnish consideration
		B. Consideration in bilateral contracts
		C. “Mutuality of obligation”
	VII. ILLUSORY, ALTERNATIVE, AND IMPLIED PROMISES
		A. Introduction
		B. Illusory promises
			1. Reservation of right to change mind
		C. Alternative promises
		D. Right to terminate agreement
		E. Other kinds of implied promises
	VIII. REQUIREMENTS AND OUTPUT CONTRACTS
		A. Requirements and output contracts
		B. UCC approach
		C. Requirements and output contracts distinguished from continuing offers
		Quiz Yourself on - MUTUALITY PROBLEMS: ILLUSORY, ALTERNATIVE AND IMPLIED PROMISES, AND REQUIREMENTS AND OUTPUT CONTRACTS
	IX. MISCELLANEOUS CONSIDERATION PROBLEMS
		A. Conditional promises
			1. Conditions outside of the promisor’s control
			2. Where condition is within partial control of the promisor
			3. Promisee’s discretion
		B. Voidable and unenforceable promises
		C. Forging a good unilateral contract out of a bad bilateral one
			1. Non-competition clause
		Quiz Yourself on - MISCELLANEOUS CONSIDERATION PROBLEMS
		Exam Tips on - CONSIDERATION
Chapter 4 - PROMISES BINDING WITHOUT CONSIDERATION
	I. INTRODUCTION
	II. PROMISES TO PAY PAST DEBTS
		A. Promises to pay past debts that are no longer legally enforceable
		B. “Moral consideration”
		C. Scope of promisor’s duty
	III. PROMISE TO PAY FOR BENEFITS RECEIVED
		A. Promise to pay for benefits received generally
			1. Where services were requested, and rendered with an expectation of payment
			2. Benefits previously received but not requested
		Quiz Yourself on - PROMISES TO PAY PAST DEBTS AND PROMISES TO PAY FOR BENEFITS RECEIVED
	IV. OTHER CONTRACTS BINDING WITHOUT CONSIDERATION
		A. Promise to perform a voidable duty
		B. Modification of contracts
			1. Contracts containing a “no oral modification” clause
			2. Good faith and unconscionability in modifications
		C. Option contracts
			1. Restatement
			2. Offers which induce reliance
			3. Firm offers under the UCC
		D. Guaranties
		E. Contracts under seal
		Quiz Yourself on - OTHER CONTRACTS BINDING WITHOUT CONSIDERATION
	V. PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL
		A. Introduction
			1. Other applications
		B. Restatement definition
		C. Unbargained-for reliance
		D. Promises to make gifts
			1. Intra-family promises
			2. Oral promises to convey land
		E. Charitable subscriptions
		F. Gratuitous bailments and agencies
		G. Promises to pay pensions
		H. Offers by sub-contractors
		I. Promise to perform business service
			1. Promise to obtain insurance
			2. Promise to make a loan
		J. At-will jobs and other at-will relationships
		K. Duty to bargain in good faith
		L. Theories of recovery
		M. Promissory estoppel under the UCC
		Quiz Yourself on - PROMISORY ESTOPPEL
		Exam Tips on - PROMISES BINDING WITHOUT CONSIDERATION
Chapter 5 - MISTAKE
	I. NATURE OF MISTAKE GENERALLY
	II. GENERAL RULE ON MISTAKE
	III. MUTUAL MISTAKE
		A. Restatement position
		B. Restatement’s three requirements
		C. Meaning of “basic assumption”
		D. Material effect on agreed exchange
		E. Allocation of risk
			1. Agreement of the parties
			2. Conscious ignorance
			3. Allocation by court
		F. Relation to breach of warranty
		G. Misunderstanding
		Quiz Yourself on - MUTUAL MISTAKE
	IV. UNILATERAL MISTAKE
		A. The problem generally
		B. Traditional rule
		C. Modern view
		Quiz Yourself on - UNILATERAL MISTAKE
	V. DEFENSES AND REMEDIES
		A. Negligence usually not a defense
			1. Failure to act in good faith
			2. Failure to read writing
		B. Remedies
			1. Avoidance
			2. Reliance damages
			3. Adjustment of contract as substitute for avoidance
	VI. REFORMATION AS REMEDY FOR ERROR IN EXPRESSION
		Quiz Yourself on - DEFENSES, REMEDIES AND REFORMATION
		Exam Tips on - MISTAKE
Chapter 6 - PAROL EVIDENCE AND INTERPRETATION
	I. THE PAROL EVIDENCE RULE GENERALLY
		A. How the rule applies
	II. TOTAL AND PARTIAL INTEGRATION
		A. The concept of “integration”
		B. “Partial” vs. “total” integrations
		C. Statement of the parol evidence rule
		D. Contemporaneous and subsequent expressions
		E. The UCC’s parol evidence rule
		Quiz Yourself on - THE PAROL EVIDENCE RULE, AND “TOTAL” VS. “PARTIAL” INTEGRATION
	III. THE ROLES OF THE JUDGE AND JURY
		A. Preliminary determinations made by judge
		B. Conflicting views on how judges decide
		C. Deciding whether a writing is an integration, and whether particular terms contradict or supplement it
		Quiz Yourself on - THE ROLES OF THE JUDGE AND JURY
	IV. SITUATIONS IN WHICH THE PAROL EVIDENCE RULE DOES NOT APPLY
		A. Rule does not bar a showing of fraud, mistake or other voidability
		B. Existence of a condition
		C. Collateral agreement supported by separate consideration
		D. Subsequent transactions
		E. Interpretation
		Quiz Yourself on - WHEN THE PAROL EVIDENCE RULE DOES NOT APPLY
	V. INTERPRETATION
		A. Interpretation generally
		B. Maxims of interpretation
			1. Primary purpose rule
			2. All terms made reasonable, lawful and effective
			3. Construction against the draftsman
			4. Negotiated terms control standard terms
		C. One party knows or should know of the other’s meaning
	VI. TRADE USAGE, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, AND COURSE OF DEALING
		A. Common-law use of “custom”
		B. Modern tendency exemplified by UCC
		C. Effect on the parol evidence rule
		D. Allowable to add or subtract from the agreement
		E. Priorities
	VII. OMITTED TERMS SUPPLIED BY COURT
		A. Court may supply term
		B. Restatement rule
		Quiz Yourself on - INTERPRETATION; TRADE USAGE, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, AND COURSE OF DEALING; OMITTED TERMS SUPPLIED BY THE COURT
		Exam Tips on - PAROL EVIDENCE AND INTERPRETATION
Chapter 7 - CONDITIONS, BREACH, AND OTHER ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE
	I. INTRODUCTION
	II. CLASSIFICATION OF CONDITIONS
		A. Precedent/Subsequent distinction
		B. Express and constructive conditions
	III. DISTINCTION BETWEEN CONDITIONS AND PROMISES
		A. Importance of distinction
		Quiz Yourself on - CLASSIFICATION OF CONDITIONS, AND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CONDITIONS AND PROMISES
	IV. EXPRESS CONDITIONS
		A. Strict compliance
			1. Avoidance of forfeiture
			2. Interpreted in light of parties’ intentions
		B. Satisfaction of a party
		C. Satisfaction of a third person
		Quiz Yourself on - EXPRESS CONDITIONS
	V. CONSTRUCTIVE CONDITIONS
		A. Use of constructive conditions in bilateral contracts
		B. Order of performance
			1. Periodic payments or other alternating performance
			2. Where no order of performance agreed upon
		C. Independent vs. dependent promises
		D. Divisible contracts
		Quiz Yourself on - CONSTRUCTIVE CONDITIONS
	VI. SUBSTANTIAL PERFORMANCE
		A. Doctrine of substantial performance
			1. Relation to material breach
			2. Consequences of non-material breach
		B. Suspension followed by discharge
		C. Factors determining whether a breach is material
		D. Material breach in contracts for the sale of goods
		Quiz Yourself on - SUBSTANTIAL PERFORMANCE
	VII. EXCUSE OF CONDITIONS
		A. Introduction
		B. Hindrance or wrongful prevention
		C. Intent to forego the benefit of the condition (“waiver”)
		Quiz Yourself on - EXCUSE OF CONDITIONS
	VIII. REPUDIATION AND PROSPECTIVE INABILITY TO PERFORM AS FAILURES OF CONSTRUCTIVE CONDITIONS
		A. General effect of prospective breach
		B. Insolvency or financial inability
		C. Right to adequate assurances of performance
		Quiz Yourself on - REPUDIATION AND PROSPECTIVE INABILITY TO PERFORM AS FAILURES OF CONSTRUCTIVE CONDITIONS
		Exam Tips on - CONDITIONS, BREACH, AND PERFORMANCE
Chapter 8 - ANTICIPATORY REPUDIATION AND OTHER ASPECTS OF BREACH
	I. TOTAL AND PARTIAL BREACH
	II. ANTICIPATORY REPUDIATION GENERALLY
		A. A recap
			1. Hochster v. De La Tour
		B. Hochster accepted
		C. What constitutes a repudiation
			1. Traditional view
			2. Modern view
			3. Promisor’s statement
			4. Voluntary acts rendering performance impossible
			5. Prospective inability to perform
			6. Insolvency
			7. Threatened breach must be material
		Quiz Yourself on - ANTICIPATORY REPUDIATION IN GENERAL
	III. OTHER ASPECTS OF REPUDIATION
		A. Repudiation after repudiator’s performance has fallen due
			1. Same application
		B. Retraction of repudiation
		C. The repudiatee’s option to sue or continue the contract
		D. Repudiatee’s inability to perform
		E. Repudiatee owes no remaining duties
			1. Payment of money
		F. Damages for repudiation under UCC
			1. When does buyer learn of breach
		G. Right to demand assurances of performance
		Quiz Yourself on - OTHER ASPECTS OF REPUDIATION
		Exam Tips on - ANTICIPATORY REPUDIATION AND OTHER ASPECTS OF BREACH
Chapter 9 - STATUTE OF FRAUDS
	I. INTRODUCTION
	II. SURETYSHIP AGREEMENTS
		A. General rule
			1. Purpose of rule
			2. Applies to defaults as well as debts
			3. Other person must be liable
			4. Promise must be made to creditor
		B. The main purpose rule
		C. Memorandum requirement
		Quiz Yourself on - SURETYSHIP AGREEMENTS
	III. THE MARRIAGE PROVISION
	IV. THE LAND CONTRACT PROVISION
		A. Contracts to transfer and buy land
		B. Interests in land
		C. Effect of vendor’s performance or vendee’s reliance
			1. Conveyance by vendor
			2. Vendee’s detrimental reliance
		Quiz Yourself on - THE LAND CONTRACT PROVISION
	V. THE ONE-YEAR PROVISION
		A. General rule
			1. Time runs from making of the contract
		B. Performance must be impossible within the one-year period
			1. Contingency judged from time of contract’s execution
			2. Impossibility or other excuse for non-performance
		C. Alternative performances
			1. Termination clauses
		D. Full performance on one side
		E. One-year provision applies to all contracts
		Quiz Yourself on - THE ONE-YEAR PROVISION
	VI. CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF GOODS
		A. Goods versus other property under the UCC
		B. General rule as to goods
			1. Contracts combining services and goods
			2. Exceptions to the UCC Statute
		Quiz Yourself on - CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF GOODS
	VII. SATISFACTION OF THE STATUTE BY A MEMORANDUM
		A. Requirement
		B. What memorandum must contain
		C. Signature
		D. UCC memorandum requirements
			1. Error or omission
			2. Confirmation from one merchant to another
	VIII. EFFECT OF NON-COMPLIANCE
		A. Effect where only part of the contract is within the Statute
	IX. ORAL RESCISSION AND MODIFICATION
		A. Oral rescission
		B. Modification
			1. Modified contract viewed as if it were original contract
			2. Effect of unenforceability
			3. Reliance on oral modification
		C. No-oral-rescission-or-modification clauses
	X. RESTITUTION, RELIANCE AND ESTOPPEL
		A. Remedies generally
		B. Quasi-contractual recovery
			1. Not limited by contract price
			2. Plaintiff must not be in material default
			3. Reliance damages
		C. Promissory estoppel
			1. Traditional estoppel grounds
			2. Grounds broadened
			3. Limit still imposed on doctrine
		Quiz Yourself on - SATISFACTION BY MEMORANDUM; EFFECT OF NON-COMPLIANCE; ORAL RESCISSION AND MODIFICATION; AND RESTITUTION, RELIANCE AND ESTOPPEL
		Exam Tips on - STATUTE OF FRAUDS
Chapter 10 - REMEDIES
	I. INTRODUCTION
		A. Recovery on and off the contract
			1. Suit “on the contract”
			2. Suit in “quasi-contract”
		B. Law/equity distinction
	II. EQUITABLE REMEDIES
		A. Equitable relief generally
			1. Unified system
			2. Types of equitable relief
		B. Limitations on the use of equity
			1. Inadequacy of damages
			2. Definiteness
			3. Difficulty of enforcement or supervision
		C. Land-sale contracts
		D. Contracts involving personal services
		E. Sale of goods
		Quiz Yourself on - EQUITABLE REMEDIES
	III. KINDS OF DAMAGE MEASURES
		A. Three kinds of interest
	IV. EXPECTATION DAMAGES
		A. Expectation interest
			1. “Benefit of the bargain”
		B. Usual formula for calculating expectation damages
		C. Construction contracts
			1. Builder breaches
			2. Owner breaches
		D. Allocation of overhead
		E. Cost of completion vs. decrease in value
		F. Requirement of reasonable certainty
			1. Profits from a new business
			2. Public whim
			3. Cost of completion unknown
			4. Alternative damage measure chosen
			5. UCC has liberal certainty requirement
		G. UCC follows expectation rule
		Quiz Yourself on - EXPECTATION DAMAGES
	V. RELIANCE DAMAGES
		A. General function of reliance damages
			1. Reliance damages as a component of expectation damages
		B. Reliance damages where profits too speculative
		C. Promissory estoppel
		D. Doctor-patient contracts
		E. Limitations on amount of reliance recovery
			1. Contract price as limit
			2. Recovery limited to profits
			3. Expenditures prior to signing of contract
		F. Cost to plaintiff, not value to defendant
		G. Reliance damages under the UCC
	VI. RESTITUTION
		A. Restitution generally
			1. Calculation of value
		B. Restitution as a remedy for breach of contract
		C. Restitution not limited to the contract price
			1. Rationale
			2. Restitution not available where plaintiff has fully performed
		D. Restitution in losing contract
		E. Restitution for the breaching plaintiff
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	VII. SUBSTANTIAL PERFORMANCE AS A BASIS FOR SUIT ON THE CONTRACT
		A. Substantial performance generally
		B. Calculation of defendant’s damages
			1. Cost of remedying defect
			2. Where waste involved
		C. Divisible contracts
	VIII. SUITS IN QUASI-CONTRACT
		A. Situations where quasi-contract may be used
		B. Measure of damages
		C. Quasi-contract where no contract attempted
			1. Rationale
			2. Emergency services supplied
		D. Unenforceable contracts
		E. Quasi-contractual recovery by a breaching plaintiff
			1. Use in construction cases
			2. Payments made by party in breach
			3. Limited to pro-rata contract price
			4. “Willful” default
			5. UCC allows partial restitution to breaching buyer
		F. Plaintiff not entitled to contract damages
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	IX. FORESEEABILITY
		A. General limits on consequential damages
		B. Hadley v. Baxendale
		C. Universally followed
			1. Nomenclature used by courts
			2. Factors bearing on unforeseeability
			3. Parties may allocate risks themselves
			4. Knowledge of consequential damages necessary
			5. Foreseeability distinguished from certainty
			6. Time for measuring foreseeability
			7. UCC rule is liberal
			8. Buyer who has to pay liquidated damages to third party
	X. AVOIDABLE DAMAGES
		A. General rule
			1. “Duty to mitigate”
		B. Standard of reasonableness
		C. Burden of proof on defendant
			1. Employment cases
		D. Sales contracts
			1. Obligation of aggrieved buyer
			2. Seller’s duty to mitigate
		E. Affirmative conduct by plaintiff which increases loss
		F. Non-exclusive contracts
		G. Losses incurred in avoiding damages
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	XI. NOMINAL AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES
		A. Non-compensatory damages
		B. Nominal damages
		C. Punitive damages
		D. Damages for mental suffering
	XII. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
		A. Reason for liquidated damages clauses
		B. Rules of enforceability
		C. Policy against penalties
		D. Reasonableness of amount
		E. Difficulty of fixing damages
		F. Damage clause limiting probable recovery
		G. UCC rules on liquidated damages
		H. Consequence of unenforceability
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	XIII. DAMAGES IN SALES CONTRACTS
		A. Distinction between acceptance and rejection
		B. Buyer’s damages generally, where goods have not been accepted
			1. Right of cover
			2. Contract/market differential
			3. Consequential and incidental damages
			4. Specific performance
			5. Rejection as a remedy
		C. Seller’s damages for breach
			1. Resale by seller
			2. Contract/market differential
			3. Lost profits
			4. Seller’s action for the price
			5. Incidental damages
			6. No consequential damages
			7. Liquidated damages
		D. Damages where the goods are accepted
			1. Seller’s action for price
			2. Claim of buyer who has accepted
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Chapter 11 - CONTRACTS INVOLVING MORE THAN TWO PARTIES
	I. ASSIGNMENT AND DELEGATION GENERALLY
		A. Introduction
		B. Assignment distinguished from delegation
	II. ASSIGNMENT
		A. Present transfer
			1. Significance of distinction
		B. Assignor’s right extinguished
		C. UCC rules on assignment
			1. What assignments are covered by Article 9
			2. Where Article 9 does apply
		D. No writing required absent statute
		E. Gratuitous assignments
		F. What rights are assignable
		G. Contract terms prohibiting assignment
		H. Rights of the assignee against the obligor
			1. Significance
			2. Effect of obligor’s giving performance to assignor
			3. Modification of the contract by obligor and assignor
			4. Waiver of defenses by obligor
			5. Counterclaims, set-offs and recoupment by the obligor
		I. Rights of successive assignees of the same claim
		J. Rights of assignee against assignor
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	III. DELEGATION OF DUTIES
		A. Delegation generally
		B. Continued liability of delegator
			1. Rationale
			2. Novation
		C. Non-delegable duties
		D. The delegate’s liability
			1. Promise made solely for delegator’s benefit
			2. “Assumption”
			3. General “assignment” of the “contract”
		E. Delegation of non-delegable duties
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	IV. THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
		A. Introduction
		B. Older cases and the First Restatement
		C. Second Restatement’s abandonment of the two category structure
			1. “Intended” beneficiaries may recover
			2. Definition of “intended beneficiary”
			3. Incidental beneficiaries
			4. Factors to determine who is “intended” beneficiary
			5. Beneficiary’s assent or knowledge unnecessary
		D. Some frequently arising situations
			1. Public contracts
			2. Real estate neighbors
			3. Mortgage assumptions
		E. Discharge or modification by the original parties
		F. Defenses against the beneficiary
		G. Beneficiary versus promisee
		H. The UCC and third party beneficiaries
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Chapter 12 - IMPOSSIBILITY, IMPRACTICABILITY, AND FRUSTRATION
	I. INTRODUCTION
	II. IMPOSSIBILITY OF PERFORMANCE
		A. Supervening impossibility generally
		B. Restatement approach
		C. Destruction or unavailability of the subject matter
			1. Taylor v. Caldwell
			2. Determining subject matter of the contract
			3. General rule
			4. Contract to build a structure from scratch
			5. Building renovation
			6. Contracts for the sale of goods
		D. Impossibility of intangible but essential mode of performance
			1. Defective or unrealistic specifications
			2. Impossibility due to failure of third person
		E. Death or illness
		F. Supervening illegality
		G. Temporary impossibility
	III. IMPRACTICABILITY
		A. Impracticability as a kind of impossibility
		B. UCC in accord with modern view
			1. What is impracticable under the Code
			2. Use by buyer
			3. Allocation of risk by parties
	IV. FRUSTRATION OF PURPOSE
		A. Frustration of purpose distinguished from impossibility
		B. Factors to be considered
		C. UCC view
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	V. RESTITUTION AND RELIANCE WHERE THE PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED
		A. Shifting the losses
		B. Return of down payment
		C. Restitution
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Chapter 13 - MISCELLANEOUS DEFENSES: ILLEGALITY, DURESS, MISREPRESENTATION, UNCONSCIONABILITY, AND LACK OF CAPACITY
	I. ILLEGALITY
		A. Kinds of illegal contracts
			1. Gambling contracts
			2. Contract to buy an illegal business
			3. Usurious contracts
			4. Covenants not to compete
			5. Commercial bribery
			6. Exculpatory contracts
			7. Licensing requirements
			8. Impairment of family relations
		B. Effects of illegality on contractual recovery
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	II. DURESS
	III. MISREPRESENTATION
		A. Misrepresentation generally
		B. Elements of proof required
		C. Concealment and nondisclosure
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	IV. UNCONSCIONABILITY AND ADHESION CONTRACTS
		A. Weapons against unfair contracts
		B. Adhesion contracts
		C. Unconscionability generally
		D. The Code view generally
		E. Varieties of unconscionability
			1. Procedural unconscionability
			2. Substantive unconscionability
		F. Excessive price
		G. Remedy-meddling
		H. Remedies for unconscionability
	V. CAPACITY
		A. Capacity generally
		B. Infants
		C. Mental incompetents
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		Exam Tips on - MISCELLANEOUS DEFENSES: ILLEGALITY, DURESS, MISREPRESENTATION, UNCONSCIONABILITY AND LACK OF CAPACITY
Chapter 14 - WARRANTIES
	I. WARRANTIES GENERALLY
		A. Nature of warranty
		B. Proving breach of warranty
	II. EXPRESS WARRANTIES
		A. Express warranty defined
			1. Basis of the bargain
			2. Puffing
			3. Descriptions
			4. Sample or model
	III. IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY
		A. The warranty of merchantability generally
		B. Meaning of “merchantable”
		C. Cigarettes and alcohol
	IV. WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
		A. Warranty of fitness generally
		B. Conditions
	V. THE WARRANTY OF TITLE AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT
	VI. PRIVITY
	VII. DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY
		A. Disclaimers generally
		B. Disclaimers of express warranty
			1. Description amounting to a warranty
			2. Oral warranties prior to written contract
		C. Disclaimers of implied warranty
	VIII. MODIFYING CONTRACT REMEDIES
		A. Modification of remedies distinguished from disclaimers
		B. Code limitations
			1. “Failure of essential purpose”
			2. Unconscionability
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Chapter 15 - DISCHARGE OF CONTRACTS
	I. RESCISSION
		A. Mutual rescission
		B. Where fully performed on one side
		C. Writing not necessary
		D. Duty to pay for benefits received
		E. Unilateral rescission
	II. EXECUTORY ACCORDS AND “ACCORD AND SATISFACTION”
		A. Executory accord
		B. Consequence of accord
		C. Check cashing as an accord and satisfaction
	III. SUBSTITUTED AGREEMENT
		A. Substituted agreement distinguished from executory accord
		B. Consequences of substituted agreement
		C. Distinguishing between an executory accord and a substituted agreement
		D. Formal requirements for substituted agreement
	IV. NOVATION
	V. ACCOUNT STATED
	VI. RELEASE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE
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TABLE OF CASES
TABLE OF UCC REFERENCES
TABLE OF RESTATEMENT REFERENCES
SUBJECT MATTER INDEX




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