Foundational Principles of Contract Law not only sets out the principles and rules of contract law, it places more emphasis on what the principles and rules of contract law should be, based on policy, morality, and experience. A major premise of the book is that the best way to grasp contract law is to understand it from a critical perspective as an organic, dynamic subject. When contract law is approached in this way it is much easier to grasp and learn than when it is presented simply as a static collection of principles and rules. Professor Eisenberg covers almost all areas of contract law, including the enforceability of promises, remedies for breach of contract, problems of assent, form contracts, the effect of mistake and changed circumstances, interpretation, and problems of performance. Although the emphasis of the book is on the principles and rules of contract law, it also covers important theories in contract law, such as the theory of efficient breach, the theory of overreliance, the normative theory of contracts, formalism, and theories of contract interpretation.

This book examines the role of officers, directors and shareholders in the governance of the modern publicly held corporation.

The common law, which is made by courts, consists of rules that govern relations between individuals, such as torts (the law of private wrongs) and contracts. Legal Reasoning explains and analyzes the modes of reasoning utilized by the courts in making and applying common law rules. These modes include reasoning from binding precedents (prior cases that are binding on the deciding court); reasoning from authoritative although not binding sources, such as leading treatises; reasoning from analogy; reasoning from propositions of morality, policy, and experience; making exceptions; drawing distinctions; and overruling. The book further examines and explains the roles of logic, deduction, and good judgment in legal reasoning. With accessible prose and full descriptions of illustrative cases, this book is a valuable resource for anyone who wishes to get a hands-on grasp of legal reasoning.

This best-selling supplement contains materials that can be used with any contracts casebook. Recent editions have received a significant makeover while retaining the basic, popular features. Most notably, the supplement now includes short annotations that introduce each selection. These annotations put each selection in context by explaining its origins, central purpose(s), scope of application, and current legal status. Students will better understand the selection's point, purpose, and content; and teachers will have less need to explain an assigned selection's context. In addition, the 2013 edition includes excerpts from Regulation Z under the Credit Card Act, the newer edition of the UNIDROIT Principles, the European Union's 2011 Directive on Consumer Rights and the European Commission's proposal for a European sales law. The annotations, conjoined with its inclusiveness, currency, and convenience, offer a significant comparative advantage over competing volumes and materials.

Receive complimentary lifetime digital access to the eBook with new print purchase. This best-selling supplement contains the U.C.C. Article 2, the Restatement (Second) of Contracts, the CISG, and various other domestic and international contract documents. Each document is introduced by a short annotation that explains the documents origin, central purpose(s), scope of application, and current legal status. This volume is suitable for use with any contracts casebook.

As a part of our CasebookPlus offering, you'll receive the print book along with lifetime digital access to the eBook. Additionally you'll receive 12-month online access to the Learning Library which includes quizzes tied specifically to your book, an outline starter and digital access to leading study aids in that subject and the Gilbert® Law Dictionary. The included study aids are Contracts in a Nutshell, Exam Pro on Contracts and Acing Contracts. The ninth edition continues the approach of earlier editions in emphasizing rich, full-bodied versions of the principal cases. This concise version is a stream-lined version of the Standard version for a four unit course. It omits note materials and cases and a few principal cases that are included in the longer version to under-score or elaborate upon the key principles in each unit. The new edition includes a great number of new principal cases, including extensive coverage of pertinent materials in the new restatement of restitution and up to date materials on "rolling contracts."

This is the 2012 Supplement to the Unabridged and Concise Tenth Editions of Eisenberg and Cox's Corporations and Other Business Organizations, Cases and Materials.