Basic Contract Law for Paralegals

by Jeffrey A. Helewitz

A perennial favorite, Jeffrey A. Helewitz’s Basic Contract Law for Paralegals provides paralegal students with a comprehensive introduction to contract law


Basic Contract Law for Paralegals is a clear, comprehensive, and straightforward introduction to all the basics of contract law, specifically designed for paralegal students. Lively examples and well-crafted pedagogy cover all key topics in a contracts course—from offer, acceptance, and consideration, to discharge of obligations, and remedies. The text balances coverage of case law with professional skills development and culminates with a chapter that asks students to draft a standard contract. An appendix of twelve sample contracts provides a useful ongoing reference tool.


New to the Tenth


Major new cases



Acceptance/non-acceptance of an offer by silence
Online acceptance of an offer
The capacity of a person suffering addiction to enter into a contract
Ambiguous conditions and contract formation
Battle of the Forms
The impact of Covid-19 on the discharge of contract obligations

Professors and students will benefit



Comprehensive, practical, and straightforward coverage of the basics of contract law, including a chapter on drafting simple contracts.
Clearly written text and lively examples that help students understand the law.
Well-crafted pedagogy that includes chapter overviews, highlighted examples, key terms, review questions, sample clauses for analysis, edited cases, chapter summaries, and end-of-chapter exercises.
Manageable length that makes this book ideal for shorter courses.
New end-of-chapter Quick Quizzes that provide a final self-check of students’ knowledge.
Ethical problems at the end of each chapter that raise awareness of professional responsibility in practice
Sample contracts in the Appendix

Genres: Law

450 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 31, 1995

Reviews

[Tracie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to understand school textbook

[The Literary Jedi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spouses' textbook

[Marisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to understand concepts; I read this for a class.

[Kelli-ann · Rating 1 out of 5]

If I read the word "manifestation" one more time I am going to shoot this book. This book is awful. The writing so overstuffed. The author tries to discuss a subject but then adds every exception, after he tells you it will be discussed in a later chapter!!! So I have a feeling I will be doing double reading on these subjects! I seriously think this book needs to be edited for clarity and conciseness. In addition, I am also finding the definitions he presents to be too wordy and they tend to not match what all of my other textbooks have said!


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[Monica]

Yup, some thrilling reading here.

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

not suitable for a 3 week course.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

The information is laid out in an easy to read way. Though the information was dry and somewhat boring. Filled with a lot of examples and cases.