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Charlottesville, Va.
Michie
1990
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| Ausgabe: | 3. ed. |
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| ISBN: | 0874736137 |
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Page
Preface v
Chapter 1. Introduction 1
Chapter 2. The Agreement Process 49
Chapter 3. The Validation Process 185
Chapter 4. The Statute of Frauds 299
Chapter 5. Operative Expressions of Assent (Parol Evidence, In¬
terpretation and Mistake) 371
Chapter 6. Abuse of Bargain, Unconscionability, Good Faith, and
Illegality 459
Chapter 7. Conditions 537
Chapter 8. Risk Allocation 633
Chapter 9. Remedies for Breach of Contract 669
Chapter 10. Contract Beneficiaries 751
Chapter 11. The Assignment of Rights and Delegation of Duties .. 785
Chapter 12. The Discharge of Contracts 835
Chapter 13. Joint and Several Contracts 857
Chapter 14. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the In¬
ternational Sale of Goods: A Primer 871
Appendix 1: Uniform Commercial Code — Articles 1, 2, 3, and 9 905
Appendix 2: United Nations Convention on Contracts for the Interna¬
tional Sale of Goods 1017
Table of Uniform Commercial Code Citations 1041
Table of Original Restatement of Contracts Citations 1051
Table of Restatement (Second) of Contracts Citations 1053
Table of Cases 1065
Index US*
vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Preface v
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Section
1. The Concept of Contract 1
2. The Enforcement of Promises — Early History — Covenant, Deti¬
nue, and Debt 3
3. The Enforcement of Promises — Assumpsit, Common Counts,
Slade s Case 6
4. Contract Law and Economics — Economic Organization 10
5. Contract Law and Economics — Exchange — Promises and the
Purpose of Contracts 12
6. Contract Law and Economics — Efficient Breach 14
7. Contract Law and Economics — Conclusions 15
8. Meaning of the Word Contract 16
9. Sources of the Law of Contracts 18
10. The Uniform Commercial Code — History 20
11. The Uniform Commercial Code — Overview 22
12. The Uniform Commercial Code — Scope of Article 2 26
13. The Uniform Commercial Code — Comments 28
14. Contracts Classified 29
15. Formal and Informal Contracts 29
16. Unilateral and Bilateral Contracts 30
17. Void and Voidable Contracts 31
18. Enforceable and Unenforceable Contracts 32
19. Express and Implied Contracts 34
20. Parties to Contracts 36
21. Requirement of Capacity to Contract 36
22. Married Women and Artificial Persons 37
23. Infants (Minors) 38
24. Infants Liability for Necessaries and Restitution 41
25. Mentally 111 and Mentally Defective Persons 43
26. Persons Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs 45
27. Persons Under Guardianship 47
Chapter 2
THE AGREEMENT PROCESS
28. The Essential Elements of Contract Formation 51
29. Mutual Assent — Agreement — Promise — Offer — Acceptance ... 51
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Section Pa8e
30. Objective Versus Subjective Assent — Meeting of the Minds 53
31. Intention of Legal Consequences 56
32. Final Writing Contemplated by the Parties — Agreement to
Agree 62
33. The Effect of Offers —Power of Acceptance 65
34. Tests to Determine Whether an Offer Has Been Made 68
35. The Effect of Captions and Headings — Quotation, Purchase Or¬
der, Etc 75
36. Auction Sales and Self Service Transactions 76
37. Assent Through Conduct 82
38. Reasonable Certainty — Indefiniteness 83
39. To Whom an Offer Is Addressed — Who Is the Offeree? 95
40. Offers Proposing One Contract Versus a Series of Contracts 97
41. Duration of Power of Acceptance 99
42. Termination of the Power of Acceptance 105
43. Irrevocable Power of Acceptance 112
44. Nature of an Acceptance 128
45. The Manner and Medium of Acceptance 133
46. Notice of Acceptance 140
47. Acceptance in Contracts by Mail and Other Media — The Mail¬
box or Dispatch Rule 146
48. Matching Acceptance — Qualified or Conditional Acceptance —
Equivocal Acceptance — Acceptance Requesting Additional
Terms — Grumbling Acceptance 155
49. The Battle of the Forms Problem — Bound by What Is Signed .... 157
50. Battle of the Forms : Solutions — § 2 207 of the Uniform Commer¬
cial Code 163
51. Silence, Inaction, Retention of Benefits and Exercise of Dominion
as Acceptance — Unsolicited Goods 179
Chapter 3
THE VALIDATION PROCESS
52. The Enforceability of Promises — Pacta Sunt Servanda 187
53. Contracts Under Seal — Formalistic Validation Devices 189
54. Consideration — Origins 201
55. The Elements of Consideration 204
56. The First Element: Legal Value — Benefit or Detriment 205
57. Illusory Promises 210
58. Requirements and Output Contracts — § 2 306 of the Uniform
Commercial Code 216
59. Equivalence in Value — Adequacy of Consideration — Suffi¬
cient Consideration 222
60. Bargained for Exchange — Condition of a Gratuitous Promise Dis¬
tinguished 227
61. Nominal, Formal and Sham Consideration — Must the Detri¬
ment Be a Real Inducement or Motive? 232
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Section Page
62. Consideration in Charitable Subscription Agreements 239
63. Forbearance From Suit as Consideration — The Invalid Claim 241
64. The Pre Existing Duty Rule 245
65. Mutuality of Obligation 269
66. Detrimental Reliance — Promissory Estoppel 272
67. Promises Enforceable Through Moral Obligation 288
Chapter 4
THE STATUTE OF FRAUDS
68. Origin of the Statute of Frauds— Repeal of the English Statute ... 300
69. Suretyship Promises — Contracts of Executors and Administrators . 303
70. Agreements Made in Consideration of Marriage 313
71. Contracts for the Sale of Land 315
72. Contract Not Performable Within One Year From Formation 320
73. Contracts for the Sale of Goods — Uniform Commercial Code 326
74. Satisfaction of the Statute — Memorandum 330
75. Admissions — Uniform Commercial Code 344
76. Performance Satisfying the Statute of Frauds 348
77. Enforcement of Part of the Contract — Multiple Promises 356
78. Reliance to Avoid the Statute of Frauds — Estoppel 357
79. Effect of Failing to Comply With the Statute of Frauds 364
80. Restitution in Unenforceable Contracts 367
Chapter 5
OPERATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF ASSENT
(Parol Evidence, Interpretation and Mistake)
81. Introduction 372
82. The Parol Evidence Rule 375
83. The Parol Evidence Rule — Inconsistent and Contradictory —
Form of Writing — The Meaning of Integration 379
84. The Parol Evidence Process — Tests 383
85. Situations to Which the Parol Evidence Rule Does Not Apply 399
86. Interpretation, Construction and Plain Meaning 405
87. Standards of Interpretation — Mutual Misunderstanding — Mis¬
take in Expression 408
88. Rules of Interpretation 421
89. Custom as a Standard — Trade Usage, Course of Dealing, Course of
Performance — Uniform Commercial Code 428
90. OmittedTerms 437
91. Mistake 441
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Chapter 6
ABUSE OF BARGAIN, UNCONSCIONABILITY, GOOD FAITH, AND
ILLEGALITY
Section Pt*ge
92. Introduction — Relation Among Concepts Evidencing an Abuse of
the Bargaining Process 460
93. Duress 462
94. Undue Influence 471
95. Misrepresentation 473
96. Unconscionability 481
97. Standardized Agreements (Printed Forms) 502
98. Contracts Against Public Policy — Illegal Bargains 508
Chapter 7
CONDITIONS
99. Meaning and Nature of Condition 539
100. Warranties — Uniform Commercial Code — Conditions Distin¬
guished 542
101. Classification of Conditions 553
102. Interpretation — Promise Versus Condition 559
103. Conditions of Satisfaction 563
104. Nonperformance and Constructive Conditions 570
105. Determining When Performances Are Exchanged Under an Ex¬
change of Promises — Lease, Aleatory, and Divisible Contracts .. 575
106. The Order of Performances in Exchanged Promises 586
107. Failure of Performance — Material Breach 592
108. Substantial Performance — Material Breach Compared — Per¬
fect Tender Rule 602
109. Prospective Failure of Performance — Anticipatory Repudiation 609
110. Splitting a Cause of Action or Claim 621
111. Excuse of Condition 622
Chapter 8
RISK ALLOCATION
112. Impossibility and Impracticability of Performance 633
113. Traditional Categories of Impossibility — Impracticability 647
114. Frustration of Purpose 655
115. Effects of Impracticability and Frustration of Purpose 659
116. Risk of Loss — Uniform Commercial Code 663
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Chapter 9
REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
Section Page
117. Survey — Contract Interests, Compensation, Economics, and Rem¬
edies 671
118. The Expectation Interest — Breach by Builder — Cost of Comple¬
tion Versus Diminution in Value 676
119. Expectation, Reliance, and Restitution Interests — Breach 680
120. The Foreseeability Limitation 683
121. The Certainty Limitation 689
122. The Mitigation Limitation 695
123. Emotional Distress Limitation 704
124. Damages With Purposes Other Than Compensation 706
125. Agreed Damages — Penalties, Liquidated Damages, and Limita¬
tions on Liability 708
126. Measure of Recovery for Restitution Interest 718
127. Specific Performance and Injunctions 727
128. Uniform Commercial Code Remedies Survey 739
Chapter 10
CONTRACT BENEFICIARIES
129. Third Party Beneficiary Contracts 751
130. Protected Versus Incidental Beneficiaries — Restatements 757
131. Identification of Beneficiary — Vesting 764
132. Application of the Standard 767
133. Cumulative Rights — Defenses 775
134. Third Party Beneficiaries Under the UCC — Products Liability .. 780
Chapter 11
THE ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS AND DELEGATION OF DUTIES
135. Nature of Assignments 786
136. The Uniform Commercial Code — Assignments 791
137. The Form and Revocability of Assignments 794
138. Assignable Rights — Limitations 799
139. The Assignment of Future Rights 810
140. Delegation of Duties 815
141. Defenses, Setoffs, Counterclaims and Equities Available Against
the Assignee — Uniform Commercial Code Changes 821
142. Priorities — Successive Assignees — Attaching Creditors 829
Chapter 12
THE DISCHARGE OF CONTRACTS
143. Methods of Discharging a Contractual Duty 835
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144. Accord and Satisfaction and Substitute Contract 840
145. Other Methods of Discharge 847
Chapter 13
JOINT AND SEVERAL CONTRACTS
146. Problems of Multiple Promisors and Promisees 857
147. Consequences of Liability 862
148. Co obligees — Joint — Several Rights 867
149. Statutory Changes 869
Chapter 14
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS: A PRIMER
150. Introduction 872
151. Essential Scope of CISG 874
152. Contract Formation and Agreement Terms Under CISG 875
153. Remedies Under CISG 894
154. Conclusion 904
Appendix 1: Uniform Commercial Code — Articles 1, 2, 3, and 9 905
Appendix 2: Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of
Goods 1017
Table of Uniform Commercial Code Citations 1041
Table of Original Restatement of Contracts Citations 1051
Table of Restatement (Second) of Contracts Citations 1053
Table of Cases 1065
Index 1125
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