Contracts is the study of private law making, i.e., the consensual creation of legally enforceable rights and duties among private parties. The course examines basic concepts of economic relationships, the tension between freedom of contract and fairness in dealing, and the interplay between rules and “justice.” The course addresses such substantive issues as contract formation, enforceability, conditions, defenses, and remedies. Contracts, therefore, provides a foundation for much of the curriculum: Business Associations, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection, and more. Evening students will take Contracts (4). Depending upon academic assignments made in the summer prior to the start of the student’s first year in law school, some day students will take Contracts (4); other day students will take Introduction to Contracts (2) and Contracts II (3).
Current & Previous Instructors:
Martha Ertman; Shruti Rana; William Reynolds; Omari Simmons; Michael P. Van Alstine; Urska Velikonja;
| 530E (CRN: 25596) Credits: 4 Velikonja. Spring, 2013 (Evening). Mon, Wed: 6:30-8:30 Room 302. Booklist. | 530A (CRN: 91885) Credits: 4 Reynolds. Fall, 2013 (Day). Wed: 2:10-4:10 Fri: 1:05-3:05. Room 302. 66 openings. (Limit 67). | 530A (CRN: 91886) Credits: 4 Rana. Fall, 2013 (Day). Mon, Wed: 9:50-11:50 Room 107. 84 openings. (Limit 85). | 530E (CRN: ) Credits: 4 Simmons. Spring, 2014 (Evening). Mon, Wed: 6:30-8:30 Room 302. |