Cases and Materials on Contracts: Making and Doing Deals

by David G. Epstein, Bruce Markell, Lawrence Ponoroff

This is a book that students will read. Since the first edition, students have been reading Making and Doing Deals because they see the cases, problems, and text as helping them learn what they need to know as first year law students, but also because they find the book to be accessible and enjoyable to read.

912 pages, Hardcover

First published February 25, 2011

Reviews

[Cameron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of the case law books I have read so far, these authors have done the best job keeping my attention, entertaining me, and being clear about the law. I can't say I looked forward to reading it, but I always knew that I could count on a geriatric joke about one of the authors in the pages lurking ahead.

[Catarina · Rating 4 out of 5]

shoutout the endless jokes in-between the cases—they made the hell that is 1L contracts a bit more bearable :)

[Libby · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first real substantive law class, and it was a slog. I did appreciate the authors' use of humor, but I would have liked a little bit more synthesis of the rules/law in between sections - but maybe that's just not how these case-heavy subjects work and I was spoiled by Civil Procedure. Overall, a good casebook and the questions at the end of each chapter were helpful in studying for finals.

(Could use some better editing - I found a pretty noticeable number of typos.)

[lilian · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a contract law casebook, this was solid! The author definitely has a good sense of humor. However, I had a rather difficult experience in Contracts, so that may have negatively impacted my view of contract law as a whole.

[Emma Wallace · Rating 1 out of 5]

Would not read again

[Mackenzie Blackwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

these motherfuckers are crazy

[Jiwon Sung · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tbh my favorite out of the three doctrinals I took this semester. Loved the questions featuring the authors themselves :)

[Mills College Library]

346.7302 E646 2011