Contracts

By E. Allan Farnsworth

Book Overview

Steering students through the complexities of Contract Law with this leading textbook from E. Allan Farnsworth. Farnsworth's CONTRACTS, Third Edition, continues to provide students with an emphasis on those topics that figure prominently in most contracts courses, while it presents the most up-to-date information available. The book also offers a real-world focus which applies to all the major topics of the book: enforceability of promises, scope and effect of promises, rights of third parties, and remedies. CONTRACTS, Third Edition, Is even more user-friendly, with fewer yet more specific footnotes, valuable citations, and a convenient index. Revealing the entire context of contract law, Farnsworth: explains the rule that governs a particular contractual situation illustrates it with noteworthy examples of the rule in effect poses thought-provoking questions provides thorough answers To The questions offers examples and references throughout the text which incorporate many recent cases Reflecting the major developments in the field, CONTRACTS, Third Edition, addresses: the Vienna Sales Convention (Convention on the International Sale of Goods) UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts new issues in pre-contractual liability ongoing employment law contract issues: at-will contracts, handbooks, and public policy exception remedies and lost opportunities For a textbook that is as effective as it is authoritative, there is no substitute for Farnsworth's CONTRACTS,Third Edition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735501440
• ISBN13: 9780735501447
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Aspen Law & Business
• Length: 982 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 2.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Great for understanding the law of contracts

Excellent book, explanations are clear, text is organized and covers all relevant details what you need to know to succeed on the finals. I did not buy this book during the first term, unfortunately, but bought during the second term. It literally saved me from getting "C" and lower. Highly recommend for every law student.

Student edition of a great treatise

E. Allan Farnsworth was a reporter for the Restatement (Second) of Contracts, and until the American Law Institute publishes a Concise Restatement of Contracts, this book is about as close as we're going to get.This volume is a one-volume condensation, for student use, of Farnsworth's three-volume treatise on contract law, and it's worth every penny it costs. It may, however, be a bit daunting for a One-L looking for a text to supplement the casebook, so you might consider using Calamari as your main hornbook.But my personal recommendation is that you buy both if you can; where Calamari is brief, Farnsworth elaborates a great deal and provides plenty of dense, helpful detail. I myself used Calamari for basic principles and Farnsworth for further discussion.Farnsworth is also the author of _Changing Your Mind: The Law of Regretted Decisions_. Check that one out too.

The authority on contract law

This is the ultimate treatise/supplement to any Contracts casebook. Farnsworth does an excellent job of articulating the various doctrines and their interrelation to each other. I highly recommend to everyone who hopes to better understand contract law or hopes to ace their contracts final that they purchase or read this book.

The book to have in Contracts!

If you are interested in learning contract law than this is the book for you. The concepts are cleary illustrated and presented in a well organized fashion. The author is the preeminent legal scholar in Contracts today and is an excellent teacher.