Rules of Contract Law: 2019-2020

by Charles L. Knapp, Nathan M Crystal, Harry G Prince

This convenient paperback from a highly respected author team supplements the authors' own casebook as well as any other casebook for Contracts. It reproduces most sections from the Restatement (Second) of Contracts black-letter text with selected comments, examples, and illustrations; most sections of the Uniform Commercial Code Articles 1 and 2, with more select sections of Articles 2A, 3 and 9; most articles from the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG); and many articles from the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts. This supplement also reproduces excerpts from other relevant source materials and provides accompanying commentary to enhance the study of contract law.

Rules of Contract Law (2019 Edition) includes:

- Restatement (Second) of Contracts

- Restatements of the Law of Agency (Third), Employment Law, and Restitution and Unjust Enrichment (Third)

- Principles of the Law of Software Contracts

- Uniform Commercial Code Articles 1 and 2 and excerpts from Articles 2A, 3, and 9

- U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

- UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (2016)

- Materials on Electronic Contracting (UCITA, UETA, and E-Sign Act)

- Comment on Commercial, Employment, and Consumer Arbitration

- Contract Drafting: A Sample Problem

Highlights of the 2019 Edition:

Expansive coverage of Restatement (Second) of Contracts, but more concise than prior edition

Select provisions from other Restatements, including Restitution and Unjust Enrichment (Third), Agency (Third), and Employment, as well as Principles of Law of Software Contracts

Expansive coverage of UCC Articles 1 and 2

Expansive coverage of the CISG

Commentary on arbitration and contract drafting problems

480 pages, Paperback

Published July 22, 2019

Reviews

[Madelynn Lederer · Rating 1 out of 5]

A real page turner.

[kenz · Rating 2 out of 5]

better than frcp but worse than rules of tort

[Nicole Delgado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Riveting.