Contracts: Examples and Explanations [Paperback]

Brian A. Blum (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1567066348 | ISBN-13: 978-1567066340 | Publication Date: February 1998

A favorite among law students and professors alike, the Examples & Explanations series is ideal for studying, reviewing and testing your understanding through application of hypothetical examples. Authored by leading professors with extensive classroom experience, Examples & Explanations titles offer hypothetical questions in the subject area, complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topic, and compare your own analysis.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 741 pages
• Publisher: Aspen Law & Business (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567066348
• ISBN-13: 978-1567066340
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,508,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Contracts Essential, April 29, 2006

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Joe Jones (Ojai, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Contracts: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations Series) (Paperback)

Well, I just finished my first year. Exams finished the day before this writing. I came to Amazon to thank this book and write a favorable review to help first years that will follow.

[Edit - Grades were just released. I got an A in Contracts. This book was a big help]

For Contracts, this book is a must. Any first year law student needs this book. Here's why.

If you're a law student, you'll probably be reading this review at one of two moments in your law school career. Either you'll be reading this a few weeks before your first class, or, you'll be reading this a few weeks before exams. What you need to know is that you should get this book regardless of when you're reading this.

Generally, law school is about spotting issues in fact patterns and writing essays from those facts. Contracts, more than any other first year subject, is about understanding simple issues but being able to explain complexities. To succeed, it takes a mastery of subtlety.

This book is a key. First, it is really a hornbook. It is a summary of the law of contracts. But unlike other books and study aides on the subject, it is not an outline. Instead, each subject is covered in depth - with detailed exposition of general rules and their exceptions written in the way you'll need to write on the exam. Reading this book - and doing nothing else - will improve your grade because you'll get a feel for a winning writing style.

Second, and more importantly, each chapter ends with several detailed fact patterns AND wonderfully complex analysis by Professor Blum. I found from my experience that not only were these helpful to study and prepare, but that my contracts professor was a fan of Bloom and his writing style. These fact patterns and explanations are invaluable to a contracts class.

I found no fault with this book. It worked well with our case book - Farnsworth - and provided a wonderful support tool. I highly recommend it.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Arizona State Law Student, August 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Contracts: Examples and Explanations (Paperback)

This study aid does an excellent job of explaining every contracts topic covered in the first year. It incorporates many diagrams and charts to help explain tricky concepts and also explains many main cases from the textbook. This book is so complete that it should be required reading.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elle Woods must have bought this book...., March 31, 2005

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JJ - See all my reviews

This review is from: Contracts: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations Series) (Paperback)

This the only study aid I needed to buy in order to ace Contracts. It is fantastic. Whether your course stresses common law, UCC, or policy driven approaches (or all three together), this book will help you see the "big picture" from formation to breach to remedies. Don't worry about wordiness or length because you can breeze through it due to Blum's excellent organization and his ability to depict pages worth of information in charts. Finally, the examples are challenging and interesting, and should have you ready for your final.