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  • The Concept of Contract
    • Evolution of the Common Law
    • The Meaning of the Common Law
  • Offer and Acceptance
    • Preliminary Issues
    • Tell Ya What I Can Do
    • Offer
      • What is an Offer?
        • "No! We Have a Deal!" Version 1
        • "No! We Have a Deal!" Version 2
      • The Catalogue Order
    • Acceptance
      • Issues in Acceptance
      • Second Thoughts
    • Mutual Assent and Consideration
      • My First Big Sale
      • She Got What She Wanted
    • Pragmatic Alternatives
      • The Employee's Input
      • Professor Melvin A. Eisenberg
    • Incomplete Agreements
      • Pack the Place Out
      • Professor Richard E. Speidel
      • Professor Girardeau A. Spann
      • Professor Richard E. Speidel
  • The Objective Theory
    • Introduction
      • 100% Pure Fescue
      • The Secret Code
    • Variations on Classic Cases
      • A Modern Version Lucy v. Zehmer
      • Variations on Embry
    • Professor Walter Brueggemann
  • Consideration
    • Introduction
    • Contract as Bargain
      • Measure of Persuasiveness
      • Hamer v. Sidway: First Scenario
      • Hamer v. Sidway: A Variation
      • The Professor's Offer
      • The Tent Hypo
    • Other Issues in Bargained For Exchange
      • The Psychic Hotline
      • Thinking in Different Terms
      • Colloquium
    • What is Fossilization?
  • The Waning of Consideration
    • Introduction
    • The Doctrine of Mutuality
      • The Start Up
      • Territorial Dispute
      • Modified Contracts
        • Version 1 of Johnny Guitar
        • Version 2 of Johnny Guitar
      • Professor Amy Chua on Consideration
    • The Future of Consideration
      • Professor Colloquium
      • Practitioner Perspective
  • Beyond Consideration
    • The Dangers of Categorization
    • Restitution
      • Gigi
      • Professor Adrienne Davis
    • Promissory Estoppel
      • Introduction
      • The Restoration of Reliance
        • The Good, the Bad, and the BMW
        • It's Yours
        • Professor Amy Chua on Promissory Estoppel
        • Colloquium
      • Professor Commentary on Justice and Fairness
        • Professor James Gordley
        • Honorable Frank Easterbrook
        • Professor James Gordley
  • Contracts and Public Policy
    • Freedom of Contract
    • Jennifer's Mom
    • Contracts and Embryos
      • The Frozen Embryo Dilemma
      • Professor Stanley Hauerwas
      • Professor Dorianne Lambelet Coleman
      • Srobona Chatterjee, MD
    • Professor Amy Chua, Markets and Globalization
  • Information and Disappointment
    • Information and Contract Formation
    • What Degree of Honesty is Required
      • Information and Selling
      • The Issue of Fraud
      • A Different Perspective on Vokes
      • A Better Engine
      • Discussing the Sale
    • What Must be Disclosed
      • Professor Richard A Epstein
      • Professor James Gordley
      • Attorney Deborah Hylton (Game of Disclosure)
    • Good Faith
      • Preliminary Questions
      • Hardly the Time
      • Honorable Richard Posner
      • The Scope of the Duty
        • Professor James Gordley
        • Lake City Beer
      • Employment at Will Contracts
        • Take this Job
        • Professor Richard A Epstein
        • A Comparative Law Perspective
    • Mistake at the The Yard Sale
    • Changed Circumstances
      • Uncertainty
      • Stranded
      • The Company Picnic
  • Bargaining and Power
    • Introduction
      • The Issue of Bargaining and Power
      • If You're Not Happy, We're Not Happy
    • Form Contracts: Commentary
      • Honorable Richard Posner
      • The Uses of Form Contracts
      • Perspective on Form Contracts
      • Professor Paul Carrington
    • Unconscionability
      • Overview
      • Examining the Contract
      • Vamoose
  • Deference to Writings
    • Introduction
    • The Statute of Frauds
      • Keeping it Simple
      • Professor John C. Weistart
    • The Parol Evidence Rule
      • The Delivery Date
    • Ambiguity and Interpretation
      • Introduction
      • Previous Encounters with Meaning
        • 100% Pure Fescue
        • The Secret Code
      • Professor Colloquium
  • Remedies
    • The Basic Formula
      • The Problem of Remedies
      • Professor James R. Gordley
      • Professor Richard E. Speidel
      • Professor Elizabeth Hayes Patterson
      • Attorney J. Scott Merrell
    • Problems of Measurement
      • The Child Care Dilemma
      • The Blue Camry
      • The Acquisition
    • Limitation on Damages
      • Race Day
      • Professor James R. Gordley
    • Liquidated Damages
      • Introduction
      • Professors Broome, Epstein, Speidel, Chua, Baird, Hayes, Patterson, Eisenberg
    • Equitable Remedies
      • Overview
      • The Ad Campaign
      • The Next Plane
  • Appendix
    • Professor Richard A Epstein (Limitation of Volition)
    • Expectation
      • Introduction
      • The Aristotle Model
        • Justification for Contract Remedies
        • Restitution
          • The Bully
        • Reliance
          • The Piggy Bank
        • Expectation
          • The School Raffle
    • Covenants Not to Compete
      • Overview
      • The Plumber's Covenant
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