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Contracts

Course Description

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 how to read a contract, 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 and Previous Instructors

Key to Codes in Course Descriptions

P: Prerequisite
C: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course

Currently Scheduled Sections

CRN: 92731

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Mon: 9:50-11:50
    Wed: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • William Moon

  • 0 openings. (Limit 26). LD1 only

  • 530a

  • E. Allan Farnsworth et al., Contracts: Cases and Materials (University Casebook Series) 8th Edition , Foundation Press , 8th Edition 2013

    ISBN: 978-1609300975

    Please note that we will be using the 8th edition of the Farnsworth casebook. Used copies of this older edition of the casebook are widely available at a fraction of the cost of the new edition.

CRN: 93772

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Mon: 9:50-11:50
    Thurs: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Liza Vertinsky

  • 0 openings. (Limit 66). LD1 only

  • 530a

  • Robert Scott and Judy Kraus, Contract Law and Theory. 6th Edition , Carolina Academic Press , 2023

    ISBN: 978-1-5310-1521-3

    Print or electronic version is fine. You can get the book via amazon or the carolina press website or other online vendors or in the bookstore.

CRN: 92675

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Tues: 1:05-3:05
    Fri: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Michael P. Van Alstine

  • 0 openings. (Limit 66). LD1 only

  • 530a

  • Knapp, Crystal, Prince, Hart & Silverstein, Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials , Aspen Publishing , Hardcopy, 2023

    ISBN: 9781543856309

CRN: 93795

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Tues: 2:30-4:30
    Fri: 10:55-12:55

    Day

  • Russell McClain

  • 0 openings. (Limit 26). LD1 only

  • 530A

  • Charles L. Knapp Nathan M. Crystal Harry G. Prince Danielle K. Hart Joshua M. Silverstein, Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials, Tenth Edition , Aspen , 2023

    ISBN: 9781543856309

    Recommended/Optional: Charles L. Knapp Nathan M. Crystal Harry G. Prince Danielle K. Hart Joshua M. Silverstein, Rules of Contract Law: 2023 Statutory Supplement , Aspen , 2023

    ISBN: 9781543850826

    This title is only available as an eBook.

CRN: 92676

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Tues: 6:30-9:00
    Thurs: 8:05-9:30

    Evening

  • Martha Ertman

  • 0 openings. (Limit 44). First Year Evening/Second Year Evening Required

  • 530e

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Martha M. Ertman et al, Contract Law: An Integrated Approach (2nd ed 2023) , Foundation Press , hard cover 2023

    ISBN: 978-1-68561-383-9

    you can buy the book used & purchase the online elements for about $50

CRN: 92825

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Tues: 2:10-4:10
    Thurs: 2:10-4:10

    Day

  • Martha Ertman

  • 0 openings. (Limit 26). LD1 only

  • 530a

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Martha M. Ertman et al, Contract Law: An Integrated Approach (2nd ed 2023) , Foundation Press , hard cover 2023

    ISBN: 978-1-68561-383-9

    You can buy the book used & purchase the online elements for about $50.