The Modern Law of Contracts

Bruce W. Frier, University of Michigan Law School

James J. White, University of Michigan Law School

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Teacher's Manual

About a fifth of the cases are new, as we gradually move away from older cases that students may find it hard to connect with, and toward newer ones that are on more familiar topics. As in the past, the cases are selected on the basis of the inherent interest of their subject matter or their contemporary importance, with relatively few cases more than three decades old. In addition, we have continued to increase coverage on modern developments such as the ubiquity of form contracts, the changing interpretation of unconscionability, and the rapidly increasing significance of arbitration. The book places new emphasis on the accelerating role played by computers and the internet in commercial transactions. Our hope is that, as they start their careers, students who complete a course with this casebook will be well equipped, not only in the surviving structure of traditional contract law, but also in the sort of outlooks and skills they will need in practice.

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