Perspectives on Contract Law

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Randy E. Barnett
Aspen Law & Business, 2001 - Law - 476 pages
A reader for a first course in contract law, reprinting 36 classic and new essays on enforcing private agreements, mutual assent, enforceability, performance and breach, and defenses to contractual obligation. In many cases they present two or more perspectives on a particular issue. They were selec

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HOW SHOULD COURTS USE
7
THE PHANTOM RELIANCE INTEREST
22
BEYOND FULLER AND PERDUE?
37
Copyright

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Randy E. Barnett attended Northwestern University where he studied philosophy. He received his J.D. from Harvard University and worked as a prosecutor for several years. Barnett then turned to teaching and is currently the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law at Boston University Law School. Barnett has written frequently on law topics ranging from criminal law to constitutional rights and the role of consent in contract law. The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law, The Function of Restitutive Justice, and The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment are some of his important works.

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