Basic Contract Law, 9th Edition

by Lon L. Fuller, Melvin Aron Eisenberg, Mark P. Gergen

The thoroughly updated and modernized Sixth Edition of this famous casebook is built on the spine of leading contracts cases, which are presented in a full-bodied way, with only limited editing of the facts. Text Notes are used selectively, so readers are provided with background discussions where an issue is better elaborated by notes than by case. There are copious cross-references to the UCC and the Restatement (Second) of Contracts. And, three important innovations have been made in the Sixth Edition: the addition of extensive cross references to the Convention for the International Sale of Goods and the Unidroit Principles of International Contracts Law, together with Text Notes concerning CISG and Unidroit; the inclusion of extensive cross-references to the Drafts of proposed new Articles 2 and 9 of the UCC; and the use of extensive Text Note Material on the effect of Electronic Data Interchange on contract law.

Genres: Law, Nonfiction

1280 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Lon Luvois Fuller was a noted legal philosopher, who wrote The Morality of Law in 1964, discussing the connection between law and morality. Fuller was professor of Law at Harvard University for many years, and is noted in American law for his contributions to the law of contracts. His debate with H. L. A. Hart in the Harvard Law Review (Vol. 71) was of significant importance for framing the modern conflict between legal positivism and natural law. Fuller was an important influence on Ronald Dworkin, who was one of his students at Harvard Law.

Reviews

[Grace]

Probably my sexiest textbook (physically). Great to aura farm with it in the library. But I have major beef with how it’s written

[Allison Wroten]

i revoke!

[Ben Korn]

Got a little slow around intended 3rd-party beneficiaries

[widowanchor]

better than the professor

[Nick]

This was decent, but annoying with the damn supplements. Bruh now let me google 30 restatements sections

[HeatherIlene]

I had to read this book for my 1L Contracts class. Since I haven't read any other Contracts books, I don't know what else to compare it to. Plus, my professor had a very unique way of teaching. According to her, some important cases were left out of the casebook.

I have read other law textbooks that provide a "notes and comments" after big cases or sections that helps clarify the material. I think this book would have been improved if it had that.

[Zoe]

I found this textbook incredibly difficult to learn from. It was poorly set up and sometimes made topics too complicated or unnecessarily confusing. It never had hypos that required you to apply what you were learning, it was essay after case after random explanation.

[Amelia]

well after 8 months I am almost to the end of this heavy, brown tome. And I have learned the basics of contract law, which is that you can get out of almost any contract, but you may have to pay.