Law School for Everyone: Contracts

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