Download or read book Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract written by Charles Mitchell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05-30 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract offers twelve original essays by leading contract scholars. As with the essays in the companion volume, Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (Hart, 2006) each essay takes as its focus a particular leading case, and analyses that case in its historical or theoretical context. The cases range from the early eighteenth- to the late twentieth-centuries, and deal with an array of contractual doctrines. Some of the essays call for their case to be stripped of its landmark status, whilst others argue that it has more to offer than we have previously appreciated. The particular historical context of these landmark cases, as revealed by the authors, often shows that our current assumptions about the case and what it stands for are either mistaken, or require radical modification. The book also explores several common themes which are fundamental to the development of the law of contract: for instance, the influence of commercial expectations, appeals to 'reason' and the significance of particular judicial ideologies and techniques.
Download or read book A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts written by and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first casebook, Harvard Law School, 1871. Originally published: Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1871. xvi, 1022 pp. The landmark work that introduced the revolutionary idea of the "case system" to legal education, which Langdell instituted in his position as Dean at Harvard law School. A response to the European educational practice of the expository textbook as the basis of study, Langdell invented herein the use of original authorities to teach legal principles in his classes at Harvard. He posted lists of leading cases on the bulletin boards or announced them in class beforehand. The students prepared for class by going to the library, taking down the reports, and studying them. The process was both injurious to the library collection and inconvenient for the students. It was very soon apparent to Langdell that having done away with the traditional textbook, the law library was not a satisfactory alternative. No library had, or could afford, the number of duplicate volumes of the court reports that were required so that all students could have easy and equal access to the cases. Langdell's solution was the casebook. This innovation in legal education publishing led to the proliferation of casebooks that continue today. C[hristopher]. C[olumbus]. Langdell [1826-1906] was Dean of the law faculty at Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895, and developed administrative programs that endured. After his death a chair in the law school was named in his honor and one of the school's buildings was named Langdell Hall. He is known for his introduction of the "case" system of legal instruction as seen in this work. His other works include Cases on Sales (1872); Summary of Equity Pleading (1877, 2nd ed., 1883); Cases in Equity Pleading (1883); and Brief Survey of Equity Jurisdiction (1905).
Download or read book A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts written by Samuel Williston and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cases on the Law of Contracts written by Arthur Linton Corbin and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Problems in Contract Law written by Charles L. Knapp and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials, offers a balance of traditional and contemporary cases that reflect the development and complexity of contract law. Explanatory notes and text place classic and contemporary cases in their larger legal context. Questions and problem exercises bridge theory and practice. Adaptable for instructors with different teaching techniques, this successful book includes various perspectives and contractual settings and offers a highly intelligent, contemporary treatment of contract law. It can easily be used in teaching by traditional case analysis, through problem-based instruction, or using theoretical inquiry. Key Features of the New Edition: * Addition of more than 60 review questions with detailed answers that provide the reasoning behind the correct answer and explain why the other choices are incorrect. * Inclusion of landmark recent cases offering a variety perspectives from a number of jurisdictions, including California on the parole evidence rule * Focus on shortening and clarifying the text and note material
Download or read book A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts written by Samuel Williston and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive casebook offers a fascinating look at the evolution of contract law through some of the most significant legal cases in history. With detailed summaries and expert analysis by Langdell and Williston, this volume is a vital resource for anyone studying law or interested in the history of contract law in the U.S. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Cases on the Law of Contracts written by George Purcell Costigan and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts written by Samuel Williston and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive casebook offers a fascinating look at the evolution of contract law through some of the most significant legal cases in history. With detailed summaries and expert analysis by Langdell and Williston, this volume is a vital resource for anyone studying law or interested in the history of contract law in the U.S. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Cases on the American Law of Contract written by Reuben Moore Benjamin and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contract Law and Its Application written by Daniel J. Bussel and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seventh Edition casebook has several distinct aims. Those who prefer to emphasize the centrality of remedies, and the economic orientation that implies, will find the new order of chapters congenial. Those who cannot imagine not starting with a discussion of the concept of bargain, or even offer and acceptance, will find that they do not need to rip the book apart to do so. New teachers, who are likely to view the experience of teaching contracts very differently at the end of the semester, need not worry about conducting major surgery to change their approach the next year. The book is constructed out of relatively brief, interchangeable, and free-standing blocks. At the same time the authors continue to avoid the temptation to edit cases heavily. It remains very important to present a judicial opinion that discloses the judge's process of decision and enough of the reasoning underlying the conclusion for students to appreciate the decision making process. It appears that most students and teachers prefer newer cases and up-to-date issues for examination. The authors have sadly bid farewell to a number of old friends that have been replaced by more contemporary cases. These new cases present students with relevant issues stated in a currently recognizable voice.
Download or read book Selected Cases on the Law of Contracts written by Atwell Campbell McIntosh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Selected Cases on the Law of Contracts: With Annotations To present any subject of the law by means of cases, is only to follow out the idea of Lord Coke, that "the reporting of particular cases is the most perspicuous course of teaching the right rule and reason of law"; but in studying the law by such cases, the caution of Lord Mansfield is to be observed, that "the law does not consist of particular cases, but of general principles, which are illustrated and explained by those cases." This book has been prepared for the purpose of presenting the general principles of the Law of Contracts, by the study of selected cases, which illustrate and explain different parts of that subject. The cases selected, with one exception, have been taken from the decisions of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. This course has its disadvantage, no doubt, in that perhaps a greater variety of fact and discussion might have been obtained by taking other American or English cases, but it has its advantage, in that it gives a connected view of the whole subject in one jurisdiction. It is not intended to give the law of one jurisdiction exclusively, for it will be found that the principles of the Law of Contract are the same in all the States which have adopted the common law, and even the statutory changes are similar in many respects. While the student is learning the general law of the subject, he is, at the same time, becoming thoroughly familiar with the decisions of his own State, or of a court which has always met with the highest consideration. This court has been in existence for a century, and almost every important question in the Law of Contracts has come before it in some form for discussion. Its judges have been men of approved learning and ability. Its views have always been conservative; and perhaps in no other State have the principles of the common law been more closely observed. There has been no attempt at originality of arrangement, in a subject which has been often discussed; but the cases have been selected to illustrate the general subjects usually presented in the leading text-books on contracts, and frequent references to authorities are given in the notes. The Contracts of Married Women and of Corporations, especially Municipal Corporations in North Carolina, are explained somewhat in detail, while the subjects of Bailment, Sales, Agency and Quasi Contracts are treated only in connection with other forms of contract. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts written by William Albert Keener and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Cases on the Law of Contracts written by Ernest W. Huffcut and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Selected Cases on the Law of Contracts In the present, third, edition of this collection of cases, the work has been entirely revised, and amplified by additional cases and many new annotations. The purpose of the book is to furnish a compact and, at the same time, comprehensive selection of authoritative material for the study and discussion of the principles of the law of contract. The work is now designed primarily to be used alone as the basis of instruction, although it may also be used conveniently with lectures or a standard treatise. The arrangement of topics follows that of Sir William Anson in his Principles of the English Law of Contracts, whose general plan has served as a model for some other treatises on the subject. This case book, however, covers some topics not dealt with in his book; and some that are treated there are not included here. Two chapters appearing in the former editions of this book, namely, Capacity of Parties, and Impairing the Obligation of Contract, are omitted in this edition, as these are topics which are commonly discussed in the courses on Persons and Constitutional Law in the usual law school curriculum. In many of the cases the statement of facts has, for the sake of brevity, been either re-written or abridged, without calling special attention to the matter. For the same reason, the practice, now common, of omitting unnecessary portions of the opinions, has been followed; but such omissions are always indicated. In this as in the preceding editions, the principal text consists of American cases, although English cases are represented in the notes and in the discussions in the opinions. A new feature and one that, it is hoped, may prove of value, is the reference note appended to substantially every case. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts written by Marvin A. Chirelstein and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort written by Charles Mitchell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort contains thirteen original essays on leading tort cases, ranging from the early nineteenth century to the present day. It is the third volume in a series of collected essays on landmark cases (the previous two volumes having dealt with restitution and contract). The cases examined raise a broad range of important issues across the law of tort, including such diverse areas as acts of state and public nuisance, as well as central questions relating to the tort of negligence. Several of the essays place cases in their historical context in ways that change our understanding of the case's significance. Sometimes the focus is on drawing out previously neglected aspects of cases which have been – undeservedly – assigned minor importance. Other essays explore the judicial methodologies and techniques that worked to shape leading principles of tort law. So much of tort law turns on cases, and there are so many cases, that all but the most recent decisions have a tendency to become reduced to terse propositions of law, so as to keep the subject manageable. This collection shows how important it is, despite the constant temptation to compression, not to lose sight of the contexts and nuances which qualify and illuminate so many leading authorities.
Download or read book Landmark Cases in Equity written by Charles Mitchell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-06 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark Cases in Equity continues the series of essay collections which began with Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (2006) and continued with Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract (2008) and Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort (2010). It contains essays on landmark cases in the development of equitable doctrine running from the seventeenth century to recent times. The range, breadth and social importance of equitable principles, as these affect commercial, domestic and even political matters are well known. By focusing on the historical development of these principles, the essays in this collection help us to understand them more clearly, and also provide insights into the processes of legal change through judicial innovation. Themes addressed in the essays include the nature of the courts' equitable jurisdiction, the development of property rights in equity, constraints on the powers of settlors to create express trusts, the duties of trustees and other fiduciaries, remedies for breach of these duties, and the evolution of constructive and resulting trusts.
