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Cases and Materials on Contracts, Making and Doing Deals

7th Edition
David G. Epstein | Bruce A. Markell | Lawrence Ponoroff
ISBN: 9798892098090
CasebookPlus ISBN: 9798317703189
Subject: Contracts
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 952
Copyright: 2026 | Status: In Stock
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Making and Doing Deals is a book that your students will enjoy learning from both during the course and beyond. It is also a book that should be fun for you to teach from. It’s a book that students find entertaining (at least compared to their other law books) and, therefore, a book that they will read. Since the First Edition, students have been reading Making and Doing Deals because the cases, problems, and text not only help them learn what they need to know as first-year law students, but also address the real-world problems and situations they will encounter long after they graduate. While mostly a traditional casebook, through integration of extensive questions and problems, the book also consistently pushes students to consider how better planning and drafting might have avoided litigation altogether. Thus, the text aims to impart skills required for both a litigation and a transaction practice.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: American Casebook Series
Publication Date: 02/13/2026

David G. Epstein, University of Richmond School of Law

Bruce A. Markell, Northwestern University School of Law

Lawrence Ponoroff, Tulane University School of Law

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  • Elimination of many cases in favor of explanatory text and problems.
  • Considerable reduction in the overall length of the book.
  • A number of cases have been replaced with either more contemporary cases, or sometimes older cases that simply accomplish the pedagogical aim in a much more efficient fashion.
  • The good faith section in Chapter 5 has been extensively rewritten, substituting problems for cases.

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