Contract Law For Dummies – December 6, 2011

Contract Law For Dummies Paperback – December 6, 2011
Author: Visit ‘s Scott J. Burnham Page ID: 1118092732

From the Back Cover

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

About the Author

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.

Paperback: 384 pagesPublisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (December 6, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1118092732ISBN-13: 978-1118092736 Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.8 x 9.3 inches Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #66,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #29 in Books > Law > Business > Contracts #16514 in Books > Reference
I was expecting a dummies book on making contracts, but now realize that the depth of complexity in making a binding legal contract goes way beyond some simple fill in forms. This book is authored by a professor of contract law. It gets real complicated real fast unless you are of course planning on making a living understanding the intricacies of contracts. There are two factions one is the letter of the law and the other is the interpretation of the law. I know attorneys like to quote other cases/decisions that were handed down as criteria for a favorable decision in a case they are handling. The only problem is that I don’t always agree with the decisions of the higher courts.

This book covers a mix of contract law and its implementation. It is well illustrated with case studies that give real life examples of decisions that apply to the topic of the given chapter in order to better understand not only the basis of the law but how it is reflected in real situations. With a 2012 copyright this book is newly printed and bound to be reflecting the modern era of contracts.

If you are new to contract law and have an interest in getting more involved with it expect to see phrases, and topics being covered that are heretofore new to you. Some examples include, recognizing the Two Types of Anticipatory Repudiation, Making agreements about the order of performance, Distinguishing accord and satisfaction from substituted contract, Understanding types of gap-filling rules. You get the idea. I do want to say that everything is easy when you know how. By reading these titles you may be confused, but by the time you are done reading this book, they will seem second nature to you.

The book is presented in a very clear and down to earth format which Dummies books are famous for.
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