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• Coverpage
• Halftitle page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 Philosophical Problems of Contract Law
• Suggested Further Reading
• 2 History and Sources
• A. Roman Law
• B. English Writ System
• C. The Range and Limits of Contract Law
• D. Sources of Contract Law
• 1. Domestic Law
• 2. International Sources
• E. Theoretical Implications
• Suggested Further Reading
• 3 Formation
• A. Offer and Acceptance
• 1. The Nature of Offers
• 2. Timing of Offers and Acceptances
• 3. Offers for Unilateral Contracts
• 4. Objective and Subjective
• 5. Battle of the Forms
• 6. Electronic Contracting and Rolling Contracts
• 7. Open Terms and Agreements to Agree
• 8. Construction Bid Contracts
• B. Consideration
• 1. Historical Origins
• 2. Current Doctrine
• C. Statute of Frauds
• D. Other Grounds for Recovery
• 1. Promissory Estoppel
• 2. Promissory Restitution
• 3. Restitution/Unjust Enrichment
• E. Formation-Based Defenses
• 1. Misrepresentation and Nondisclosure
• 2. Mistake
• 3. Duress
• 4. Undue Influence
• 5. Minority
• 6. Mental Incapacity
• 7. Intoxication
• F. Theoretical Implications
• Suggested Further Reading
• 4 Interpretation
• A. Objective and Subjective
• B. Default Rules, Incomplete Contracts, and Implied Terms
• C. Rules of Interpretation
• 1. Canons of Interpretation
• 2. Plain Meaning
• D. Parol Evidence Rule
• 1. The Rule(s)
• 2. Trusting Writings versus Trusting Face-to-Face Promises
• E. Warranties
• F. Interpretation and Fairness
• G. Choice of Law and Conflict of Laws
• H. Theoretical Implications
• Suggested Further Reading
• 5 Performance
• A. Conditions
• 1. On-Off Switches
• 2. Excuse of Failure of Condition
• B. Responses to Current and Future Problems in Performance
• 1. Prior to Scheduled Performance: Anticipatory Repudiation and Adequate Assurances
• 2. Failures in the Middle of Performance
• 3. Modification
• 4. Failure in Completed Performance: Substantial Performance, Divisibility, Restitution
• C. Impossibility, Impracticability, and Frustration of Purpose
• D. Good Faith
• E. Theoretical Implications
• Suggested Further Reading
• 6 Enforcement and Remedies
• A. Substantive (Fairness) Constraints and Public Policy
• 1. Fairness Constraints
• 2. Unconscionability
• 3. Public Policy
• B. Limitations on Remedies
• 1. Causation
• 2. Certainty
• 3. Foreseeability
• 4. Mitigation
• 5. Unrecoverable Damages
• C. Measuring Damages: Expectation, Reliance, Restitution
• 1. Expectation Damages
• 2. Reliance Damages
• 3. Restitution
• D. Special Cases
• 1. Cost of Completion versus Diminution of Value
• 2. Restitution for the Breaching Party
• E. Equitable Remedies
• F. Agreed Remedies
• G. Third-Party Rights and Duties
• 1. Third-Party Beneficiary
• 2. Assignment and Delegation
• H. Bilateral Structure, Corrective Justice, and Optimal Incentives
• I. Efficient Breach and the (A)morality of Contract Law
• J. Theoretical Implications
• Suggested Further Reading
• 7 Special Categories of Contract Law
• A. Employment Agreements
• B. Insurance Law
• C. Landlord-Tenant
• D. Real Estate Agreements
• E. Franchise Agreements
• F. Premarital Agreements
• G. Government Contracts
• H. Theoretical Implications
• Suggested Further Reading
• 8 Modern Contract Law Practices: Questions of Legitimation and Moral Obligation
• A. The Gap between Ideal and Reality
• B. Theories of Contract Law
• C. Theory Meets Practice
• D. Rethinking Contract Law
• E. The Moral Obligation to Keep Contracts
• F. Implications for Government Regulation
• Conclusion
• Suggested Further Reading
• 9 How Many Contract Laws?
• A. The History of General Theory
• B. The Nature of General Theory
• C. General Contract Law
• D. Contract and Law
• E. Consequences
• F. Note on Proving a Negative
• G. Note on Rights and Remedies
• H. One or Many Theories (Revisited)
• 1. Essential and Accidental
• 2. Deciding between General and Particular Theories
• 3. Why Does It Matter?
• Conclusion
• Suggested Further Reading
• Bibliography
• Table of Cases
• Statutes and Restatements
• Index