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Title: Basic Contract Law by Lon L. Fuller, Melvin Aron Eisenberg ISBN: 0-314-23867-0 Publisher: West Pub. Date: July, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $90.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best casebooks my 1L year
Comment: First, you must consider that a) this is a law school casebook, it's not meant to be light reading, and b) my review might be somewhat tained by the fact that I've taken a Contracts course taught by Mel (an awesome lecturer), but: this is a more clearly organized and well edited casebook than most.
The cases are well chosen and often paired in contrast to illustrate the few most common views courts have on a particular rule of Contract, usually with a full case first of the majority view and a few short "squib" cases after for emerging or fading perspectives. It's up to date with cases on electronic signatures and shrinkwrap licenses.
The commentary after each section is readable and lucid. The organization is clear -- Eisenberg himself lectured straight through the book and it made for what seemed like a solid, complete course, focusing mostly on the full-length cases. If you're planning on teaching Contracts, I'd take a good look at Mel's book.
Rating: 1
Summary: Poor organization and explanations
Comment: Of all the textbooks I've ever had in law school and undergraduate classes, this book is likely the most frustating and the worst.
The entire book shows complete disregard for the fact that the book is meant to teach concepts unknown to the reader - not to provide review for those who already know. New legal terms are introduced not by telling a general meaning, but rather by including a case that uses the term repeatedly without defining it. Only after the case is there any attempt at giving a general and helpful attempt at a definition.
Also, instead of discussing neatly in a paragraph that some courts treat a rule slightly differently, the authors put many short excerpts of cases. They add little to the reader's understanding of a concept or rule - at least not any more than a one sentence comment would along with a citation. It is also very repetitive.
The authors seem to fear that writing on their own (in place of reprinting excerpts of cases) is somehow less valid or helpful to a law student. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Judges do not write opinions with the sole aim of teaching law students contract law. So to rely on them as if they did seems to be uncalled for.
For those who say this book isn't that bad, have put the bar far too low and also miss the point. There is no requirement that legal textbooks be dry, unorganized, or unhelpful. They can convey the information without playing hard-to-get by hiding things in cases and a poor format. The authors must be more interested or passionate about contract law than their book shows. Overall, this book has lists and lists of cases, but no more - suggesting no understanding of the purpose of a text book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Long, but good
Comment: This book ia a little dry, but it has everything you have ever needed to know. It is written for people that are not lawyers but need to write contracts as a major part of their job. While asking a real lawyer may be necessary in some cases, in many situation this book will save you hundreds on legal fees
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Title: Contract Law: Selected Source Materials 2003 (Statutes) by Steven J. Burton, Melvin A. Eisenberg ISBN: 0314146555 Publisher: West Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts (University Textbook Series) by Marvin A. Chirelstein ISBN: 1587781972 Publisher: Foundation Press Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Contract Law: Contract Law: Selected Source Materials, 2002 by Steven J. Burton ISBN: 0314264116 Publisher: West Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Property by Jesse Dukeminier, James E. Krier ISBN: 0735524378 Publisher: Aspen Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $89.00 |
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Title: Civil Procedure: Examples and Explanations (The Examples & Explanations Series) by Joseph W. Glannon ISBN: 073551982X Publisher: Panel Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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