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: 98628
- Fall '23
- 4
- 107
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Mon: 8:45-10:45
Thurs: 8:45-10:45Day
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Liza Vertinsky
- 1 opening. (Limit 68). LD1 only
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530a
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Contract Law and Theory. 5th Edition
ISBN: 978-0-76984-894-5 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription
Make sure you are getting the fifth edition. You can get the hard copy or the ebook.
CRN: 98941
- Fall '23
- 4
- 107
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Tues: 2:10-4:10
Fri: 10:55-12:55Day
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Michael P. Van Alstine
- 0 openings. (Limit 68). LD1 only
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530a
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Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials, 10th edition
ISBN: 9781543856309 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription
CRN: 98741
- Fall '23
- 4
- 108
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Mon: 1:05-3:05
Thurs: 1:05-3:05Day
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Kevin Tu
- 1 opening. (Limit 34). LD1 only
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530a
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Contracts: Cases, Discussion, and Problems, Fifth Edition
ISBN: 9781543857054 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription
CRN: 98629
- Fall '23
- 4
- 302
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Tues: 2:10-4:10
Thurs: 9:50-11:50Day
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Martha Ertman
- 0 openings. (Limit 34). LD1 only
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530a
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Contract Law: An Integrated Approach, 2d (Doctrine and Practice Series)
ISBN: 9781685613839 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription
CRN: 98631
- Fall '23
- 4
- 302
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Tues: 6:30-9:10
Thurs: 6:30-7:50Evening
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Martha Ertman
- 4 openings. (Limit 30). Second Year Evening Required
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530e
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Contract Law: An Integrated Approach
ISBN: 9781685613839 Print edition (preferred) or online subscription
2nd ed forthcoming this summer.