Contract Law, An Integrated Approach

Contract Law: An Integrated Approach (Doctrine and Practice Series; 2nd ed. 2023) conveys traditional contract doctrine in a user-friendly format designed to reach 21st century students. Its integrated online and hard-copy elements provide a sophisticated interactive educational experience that professors can administer even in large classes. Each new topic starts with a short 5-minute video with gender and race-inclusive avatars that gives students a "mind map" or 'scaffold" for the upcoming material. Short quizzes in the videos and at the end of each chapter provide online formative assessments of ascending difficulty. The hard-copy text poses questions before and after each case to direct attention to core issues and stimulate deeper thinking, and also features text boxes to define crucial legal terms or provide cross-references. 2nd edition innovations include increasing the font to improve readability, revising Ch. 5 to teach Statute of Frauds alongside the Parol Evidence Rule, moving contract modification to Ch. 3 on consideration, as well as new problems providing drafting and other transactional skills tailored to the new NextGen multistate bar exam. Both hard-copy and online materials are presented in a visually compelling format to keep students engaged. Comprehensive teaching materials include PowerPoint slide decks for live classes, short lecture videos to flip the classroom for in-class lectures, short T/F quizzes tailored to the lecture videos, and materials that enable professors to tailor the lecture videos to their approach as well as incorporate quizzes into course grades. The book's balance of time-tested classic cases and up-to-date opinions and pedagogy provides relevant fact situations and also illustrates the continuing relevance of venerable doctrines in new contexts such as online adhesion contracts.

View a sample video from the book here.

A podcast, Rethinking Legal Education, is also available. Author Martha Ertman discusses legal education, how it's different from other disciplines, and how it's evolving. Martha also talks about changes she's made to her teaching, based on new understandings and epiphanies she's had about today's generation of learners. Martha also explains the 5-minute animated videos that are integrated into the book and on eproducts.westacademic.com, as well as the 10-20 minute DIY videos that she made to substitute for the short lectures that she ordinarily gives at the beginning of each live class. The 29 DIY lecture videos are available to current and potential casebook adopters.

This title includes a Teacher's Manual with detailed answers to problems and tips on integrating online and hard-copy elements of the book. It also offers diagrams and other materials to aid professors to best present materials to students.

The additional comprehensive teaching materials (including PowerPoint slide decks, short lecture videos, and short T/F quizzes) will be updated on an ongoing basis, and can be accessed here . Contact the Authors for login access for the additional teaching materials.

This title utilizes the CasebookPlus™ platform. Anchored by faculty-authored formative self-assessments, CasebookPlus allows students to test their understanding of core concepts as they are learning them in class with quizzes keyed to each chapter, subject area review quizzes, and helpful explanations. Learn more at Faculty-CasebookPlus.com.

Imprint: Foundation Press
Series: Doctrine and Practice Series
Publication Date: 08/15/2023
Related Subject(s): Professional Identity Formation