Download Contract Law For Dummies Free Online

Download Contract Law For Dummies Free Online
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Law For Dummies
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Description
Learn to: Identify the essential elements of contract formation Recognize common contract
defenses Apply the rules that govern contract performance in different situations Draft contracts
that more effectively protect the parties' interests Take the mumbo jumbo out of contract law
and ace your contracts course Confused by contract law? This hands-on guide gives you plain-
English explanations of terminology and language used in contracts, showing you how to read and
analyze cases and statutes with ease. You'll quickly and painlessly get up to speed on contract
formation; contract theory and legality; agreement, consideration, restitution, and promissory
estoppel; fraud and remedies; performance and breach; the parol evidence rule; and more.
Defense! Defense! — get the 4-1-1 on contract formation and the different contract defenses,
including whether a party did anything illegal or unfair, whether the parties had the ability to make
a contract, and the factors that determine whether an oral agreement is enforceable Make sense
of the madness — grasp the strategies the courts use to fill the gaps in a contract and interpret
what the language really means To perform or to breach — find out how one party may breach
a contract even before performance is due by anticipatory repudiation There's a remedy for that
— understand the various methods available to the courts to remedy a breach in a way that's fair
for both parties Bring a third party into the picture — discover how to recognize the rights and
duties of third parties and decide under what circumstances third parties are allowed to enforce
contracts Open the book and find: Coverage of common law contracts and the Uniform
Commercial Code (UCC) How a contract is formed through mutual assent Ways to determine
whether a party has performed as promised How to determine whether a contract is void, voidable,
or unenforceable Advice on figuring out remedies for breach Tips for interpreting contracts
Questions to ask when analyzing contract problems Examples drawn from real-life cases Read
more Scott J. Burnham is the Curley Professor of Commercial Law at Gonzaga University School
of Law. For 30 years he has taught Contracts at law schools internationally and throughout the
U.S. He is also a prolific writer on legal topics and a consultant on contract drafting for numerous
businesses. Read more