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Interesting and informative, Perspectives on Contract Law is an anthology of legal scholarship that presents both seminal and cutting-edge writing by luminaries in the field. Selected and edited by Randy Barnett with the first-year law student in mind, introductory text and Study Guides frame each article and helpfully suggest salient themes.
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For first-year law students, Barnett provides an anthology of 45 classic and new writings on contract law, written between 1933 and 2009. Topics covered include enforcing private agreements, mutual assent, enforceability, performance and breach, and defenses to contractual obligation. This edition includes contributions from a new generation of scholars such as Aditi Bagchi, Curtis Bridgeman, Marco Jimenez, Dori Kimel, Gregory Klass, Ethan Leib, and Seana Shiffrin; a new chapter on choosing default rules; and new coverage of contract as promise. There is no index. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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