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An invaluable supplement to any contracts law casebook (including the authors'own K: A Common Law Approach to Contracts), this concise statutory supplement provides the materials necessary to keep your first-year contracts course completely up-to-date. Inside you will find the materials necessary to learn how to use the most important sources of law (other than the judicial opinions which fill your casebook): the Restatement (Second) of Contracts and the principal commercial statute—the Uniform Commercial Code—as part of the foundation course in contracts. The authors'careful selection of sections and the judicious inclusion of comments and illustrations from the Restatement (Second) and the Uniform Commercial Code ensures students have access to resources which add helpful depth to the “black letter law” and avoids overwhelming students with dense and unnecessary detail. This statutory supplement aids students in the task of learning the essentials of contract law.Highlights of the 2024 Edition: Includes Article 1 and 2 sections as amended by the American Law Institute and the Uniform Law Commission in 2022 to respond to emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, and digital currencies. Provides an update on state legislative actions in response to the amendments. Article 1 includes an updated preface detailing the revision process and key changes to the UCC. Article 1 was substantially revised to change fundamental concepts that are present throughout the code (§1-201. “Definitions”). The supplement includes those revisions that are most relevant to first-year contracts: “conspicuous” (10) is condensed, “electronic” (16A) is added, “money” (24) is clarified, and send (26) and sign (37) are updated. Article 2's scope provision (§2-102) expressly adopts the “predominant factor” test of “mixed” or “hybrid” transactions that involve both goods and services (§2-106(5)). Numerous sections (§2-201, §2-202, §2-203, §2-205, and §2-209) are modernized by to account for electronic signatures and digital documents.

An invaluable supplement to any contracts law casebook (including the authors'own K: A Common Law Approach to Contracts), this concise statutory supplement provides the materials necessary to keep your first-year contracts course completely up-to-date. Inside you will find the materials necessary to learn how to use the most important sources of law (other than the judicial opinions which fill your casebook): the Restatement (Second) of Contracts and the principal commercial statute—the Uniform Commercial Code—as part of the foundation course in contracts. The authors'careful selection of sections and the judicious inclusion of comments and illustrations from the Restatement (Second) and the Uniform Commercial Code ensures students have access to resources which add helpful depth to the “black letter law” and avoids overwhelming students with dense and unnecessary detail. This statutory supplement aids students in the task of learning the essentials of contract law. Highlights of the 2023 Edition: Includes Article 1 and 2 sections as amended by the American Law Institute and the Uniform Law Commission in 2022 to respond to emerging technologies. Article 1 includes a preface detailing the revision process and key changes to the UCC. In Article 1, definitions (§1-201), “conspicuous” (10) is condensed, “electronic” (16A) is added, “money” (24) is clarified, and send (26) and sign (37) are updated. Article 2's scope provision (§2-102) expressly adopts the “predominant factor” test of “hybrid transactions,” which is now defined (§2-106(5)). Numerous sections (§2-201, §2-202, §2-203, §2-205, and §2-209) are modernized by replacing or supplementing “writing” with the broader “record”.

SELECTIONS FROM RESTATEMENT CONTRACTS AND UNIFORM COMM CODE 2022

Selections from the Restatement (Second) Contracts and Uniform Commercial Code for First-Year Contracts, 2021 Supplement

The perfect casebook for the modern Contracts course. This highly-focused, case-based text offers a comprehensive treatment of the basic issues of contract law and emphasizes development of analogical reasoning skills. Each section is limited to three types of materials (brief narrative, judicial opinions, and discussion problems) and is designed to teach students how to read opinions, analyze issues, distinguish material from immaterial facts, and apply holdings to similar problems.New to the Third Edition:New discussion problems have been added throughout the book to better enable the students to apply the material learned from the principle cases to new factual situations and then learn how judges have dealt with those situations. New narrative material, cases, and discussion problems have been added on the topic of contract interpretation, the most common source of contract law disputes. Professors and student will benefit from:Lean, focused text with a 2-color design that can be taught, cover-to-cover, in a one-semester courseSections that are limited to three types of materials (brief narrative, judicial opinions, and discussion problems), which best promote the teaching and learning of the method of legal reasoningBoth classic and contemporary cases are edited to include sufficient background and reasoning for students to analyze the court's decisionDiscussion problems present summarized facts from real cases

An invaluable supplement to any contracts law casebook (including the authors'own K: A Common Law Approach to Contracts), this concise statutory supplement provides the materials necessary to keep your first-year contracts course completely up-to-date. Inside you will find the materials necessary to learn how to use the most important sources of law (other than the judicial opinions which fill your casebook): the Restatement (Second) of Contracts and the principal commercial statute—the Uniform Commercial Code—as part of the foundation course in contracts. The authors have carefully selected sections from: The Restatement (Second) of Contracts Uniform Commercial Code Article 1 Uniform Commercial Code Article 2 The judicious inclusion of comments and illustrations from the Restatement (Second) and the Uniform Commercial Code ensures students have access to resources which add helpful depth to the “black letter law” and avoids overwhelming students with dense and unnecessary detail. This statutory supplement aids students in the task of learning the essentials of contract law.

The second edition of this casebook, K: A Common Law Approach to Contracts, is perfect for the modern Contracts course. The highlyfocused, case-based text offers a comprehensive treatment of the basic issues of contract law and emphasizes development of analogical reasoning skills. Each section is limited to three types of materials (brief narrative, judicial opinions, and discussion problems), and is designed to teach students how to read opinions, analyze issues, distinguish material from immaterial facts, and apply holdings to similar problems. The second edition has been updated to include a new chapter on the rules related to third-party beneficiaries and assignees. In addition, in response to feedback from students, the authors have slightly expanded some of the narrative materials that introduce and provide guidance to the study of various topics. Key Features: New chapter on the rules related to third-party beneficiaries and assignees: “Contract Rights of NonParties.” In response to feedback from students, the authors have slightly expanded some of the narrative materials that introduce and provide guidance to the study of various topics The purchase of this Kindle edition does not entitle you to receive access to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and outline tool available through CasebookConnect.