The required texts for this course are Randy E. Barnett, Contracts: Cases and Doctrine (4th ed.

) (2008) (the "Casebook"), Randy E. Barnett, ed., Perspectives on Contract Law (4th ed.) (2009) ("Perspectives") and Charles L. Knapp, Nathan M. Crystal and Harry G. Prince eds., Rules of Contract Law (2011) (the "Rulebook"). Additional materials will also be provided from time to time on the Resources section of the bSpace website. Date 8/24 8/26 Assignment Casebook: pp. 3-21 Casebook: pp. 61-66, skim pp. 66-71 * Note: Advance Make-Up Class. We will meet from 2:15 to 3:40 in Room 240 (the room next to our usual location). Casebook: 70-72 + Perspectives pp. 3-22 (Fuller and Perdue, The Reliance Interest in Contract Damages) Casebook: pp. 78-84, 93-97 + skim 97-104 Casebook: pp. 104-109, 112-118, 123-131 + skim 118-122 No Class Labor Day Casebook: pp. 131-135, 142-153 Casebook: pp. 84-92 Topic Introduction to Contract Law Introduction to Contract Law; Contract Damages Contract Damages (cont.) Contract Damages (cont.) Contract Damages (cont.)

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Contract Damages (cont.) Contract Damages (cont.); Introduction to the UCC Casebook: pp. 154-172 UCC Damages (cont.); Liquidated Damages Casebook: pp. 173-185, 193-197 + Efficient Breach; Introduction to Perspectives: 48-51 Equitable Remedies Casebook: pp. 197-219 Specific Performance: Land vs. Goods vs. Personal Service Casebook: pp. 222-226,232-237, 249-256 + Specific Performance: Personal Service; skim 226-232 Restitution as Damage Interest & Cause of Action Casebook: pp. 256-269 Restitution as Damage Interest & Cause of Action Casebook: pp. 269-285 Intentional Interference with Contract Casebook: pp. 289-307 Introduction to Contract Formation Casebook: pp. 316-335 Offer and Acceptance (cont.) Casebook: pp. 335-345, 356 + skim 346Offer and Acceptance (cont.) 355 Casebook: pp. 356-368 Unilateral Contracts; Acceptance by Silence Casebook: pp. 368-369, 379-386 + skim Mutual Assent in E-Commerce; 386-389 Formation Problems Arising with Vague and Ambiguous Terms Casebook: pp. 395-415 Vague/Ambiguous Terms (cont.) Casebook: pp. 415-435, 444-445 Mutual Assent and the Problem of And just for fun: Missing Terms

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCtC_U4e2o&feature=related Casebook: pp. 445-452, 455-469 Casebook: pp. 473-489 Casebook: pp. 489-497 Casebook: pp. 497-502 & 506-509 + Perspectives (Meaning in the Law of Contracts by A. Farnsworth) Casebook: pp. 509-519, 524-526 (to Ethical Background) & 530-538 Casebook: pp. 615-626, 635-638 + skim 626-29 Casebook: pp. 638-661 Casebook: pp. 666-679, 693-697 Casebook: pp. 697-701 & 713-730 Casebook: pp. 731-742 & 749-762 Casebook: pp. 763-771 & 815-823 Casebook: pp. 824-835 Casebook: pp. 835-841 & 849-866 Casebook: pp. 866-883 Casebook: pp. 883-888, 892-905 Casebook: pp. 905-917, 919-928 Casebook: pp. 929-940, 951-957 Casebook: pp. 957-973, 981-987 Casebook: pp. 988-991, 995, 999-1008, 1011-1018 No Class (make-up held previously on 8/26)

Form Agreements; Intro to Battle of the Forms Battle of the Forms Battle of the Forms (cont.); Intro to Parol Evidence Rule Parol Evidence Rule (cont.) Statute of Frauds Statute of Frauds; Intro to Consideration Consideration Consideration (cont.) Consideration (cont.) + the Formality Theory Promissory Estoppel Promissory Estoppel; Intro to the Duty of Good Faith Performance The Duty of Good Faith Performance (cont.); Warranties Conditions Conditions Conditions (cont.); Anticipatory Repudiation; Adequate Assurances of Performance Material Breach; Perfect Tender Rule Damages Revisited: Cost of Performance vs. Diminution in Value; Introduction to Contract Defenses Defenses: Incompetence & Fraud Defenses: Duress & Undue Influence