Contracts, Cases and Comments

by John Dawson, William Harvey, Stanley Henderson

With the appearance of the Eleventh Edition, this book is now well into its sixth decade. Throughout its long history, this casebook has relied on classic cases to capture the fundamental principles of contract law. This new edition preserves and builds upon the book’s distinctive character, especially its use of canonical cases and its sensitivity to the history. The newly added cases show how the basic principles of contract law continue to evolve, even in such well-explored areas as promissory estoppel and restitution. As before, this edition eschews any distinctive take on the law of contracts and thus allows each teacher using the book a broad range of choice on what to bring in to channel or expand classroom discussion.

1083 pages, Hardcover

Published April 22, 2019

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Reviews

[Iavora · Rating 3 out of 5]

Please don’t make me do that again.

[Kyra Foose · Rating 1 out of 5]

if I have to read these books I am getting credit for them on goodreads, that’s for damn sure

[sam hernandez]

there are less rules about that whole contracting thing than about the property stuff, but they are much less interesting.

[Victoria]

Def my least favorite textbook this semester. The writers were fascinated with old farm cases, boxing matches, and black angus in a pensive mood.