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Subject Outline

• Introduction
  • Overview and Sources of Contract Law
    • Overview and Sources of Contract Law (CON60)
• Formation
  • Offer and Acceptance
    • Mutual Assent
      • Mutual Assent (CON37)
    • Invitations to Negotiate and other Expressions that are not Offers
      • Invitations to Negotiate and other Expressions that are not Offers (CON38)
    • Written Agreement Contemplated v. Written Memorialization
      • Written Agreement Contemplated v. Written Memorialization (CON46)
    • Letters of Intent and Other Formal Preliminary Agreements
      • Letters of Intent and Other Formal Preliminary Agreements (CON47)
    • Express and Implied Contracts
      • Express and Implied Contracts (CON44)
    • Bilateral and Unilateral Contracts
      • Bilateral and Unilateral Contracts (CON45)
    • Offer
      • Offer (CON39)
    • Duration of Offers
      • Duration of Offers (CON40)
    • Option Contracts and Firm Offers
      • Option Contracts and Firm Offers (CON41)
    • Acceptance
      • Acceptance (CON61)
    • Formation of Contracts under UCC Art. 2
      • Formation of Contracts under UCC Article 2 (CON65)
    • Battle of the Forms (UCC 2-207)
      • Battle of the Forms (UCC 2-207) (CON64)
      • Battle of the Forms (UCC 2-207) Podcast (CON64P)
    • Indefiniteness
      • Indefiniteness (CON63)
    • Mailbox Rule
      • The Mailbox Rule (CON62)
  • Consideration
    • The Bargain Theory
      • Consideration: The Basics of Consideration and the Bargain Theory (CON67)
      • Gift Promises
        • Agreements Lacking Consideration: Gift Promises (CON71)
      • "Past" Consideration
        • Agreements Lacking Consideration: Past Consideration and Moral Obligations (CON72)
      • "Illusory" Contracts
        • Mutuality of Obligation (CON21)
        • Satisfaction Clauses (CON22)
        • Consideration: Advanced Issues (CON73)
    • Contracts Enforceable Without a Bargain
      • Promises Under Seal
        • The Seal (CON23)
      • Statutes Dispensing With Consideration
        • Statutes Dispensing With Consideration (CON24)
      • Reliance (Promissory Estoppel)
        • Reliance Damages (CON52)
  • Defenses
    • Defenses (CON12)
    • Void, Voidable, and Unenforceable Contracts
      • Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts (CON13)
    • Illegal Promises
      • Illegal Promises (CON14)
    • Lack of Capacity
      • Lack of Capacity (CON15)
    • Duress and Undue Influence
      • Duress and Undue Influence (CON16)
    • Unjust Terms (Unconscionability)
      • Unjust Terms (Unconscionability) (CON17)
      • Contracts: Unconscionability and Reasonable Expectations Podcast (CON17P)
    • Fraud and Misrepresentation
      • Fraud and Misrepresentation (CON19)
    • Misunderstanding and Mistake
      • Misunderstanding and Mistake (CON18)
    • Statute of Frauds
      • The Statute of Frauds (CON11)
• Performance and Breach
  • What are the Obligations?
    • Parol Evidence Rule
      • The Parol Evidence Rule (CON06)
      • The Parol Evidence Rule Podcast (CON06P)
    • Interpretation
      • Interpretation (CON35)
    • Implied Terms (Gap-fillers)
      • Implied Terms (CON25)
    • Good Faith
      • Good Faith (CON26)
    • UCC Warranties
      • Warranties (CON28)
    • Covenants, Warranties, Representations, and Conditions
      • Promises, Conditions, Warranties, and Representations (CON81)
  • Have the Obligations been discharged?
    • Modification
      • Modification (CON69)
      • The Pre-Existing Duty Rule, Contract Modification, and Accord & Satisfaction (CON01)
    • Accord & Satisfaction
      • Accord and Satisfaction (CON68)
      • The Pre-Existing Duty Rule, Contract Modification, and Accord & Satisfaction (CON01)
    • Unanticipated Events
      • Impossibility, Frustration and Impracticability (CON77)
    • Rescission
      • Rescission (CON80)
    • Waiver
      • Exploring Article 2 (CON10)
    • Release
      • Misunderstanding and Mistake (CON18)
  • Conditions: Does an event have to occur before an obligation is due?
    • Conditions (CON20)
    • Definition and Classification
      • Conditions (CON20)
    • Conditions and Promises Distinguished
      • Conditions (CON20)
    • Excuse of the Effect of Conditions
      • Conditions (CON20)
  • Breach
    • Material and Immaterial Breach
      • ITT v LTX. An Interactive Exploration of UCC Article 2 (SAL01)
    • Perfect Tender Rule
    • Installment Contracts (UCC 2-612)
      • Installment Contracts (CON79)
    • Breach by Anticipatory Repudiation
      • Anticipatory Repudiation and Assurances of Performance (CON36)
    • Assurances (UCC 2-609)
      • Anticipatory Repudiation and Assurances of Performance (CON36)
    • Risk of Loss (UCC 2-509)
      • Risk of Loss (CON78)
• Remedies
  • Remedies for Breach of Contract
    • An Introduction to Contract Remedies (CON42)
    • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Overhead and Profit (CON08_07)

    • Equitable Remedies - An Overview (REM02)

    • Specific Performance

      • Specific Performance (CON55)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Specific Performance (CON08_11)
    • Expectation Damages
      • Expectation Damages (CON56)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies: The Expectation Measure (CON08_01)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Expectation Damages in Sale of Goods (CON08_03)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Expectation Damages in Sale of Goods - Buyer does not cover (CON08_04)
    • Certainty
      • Certainty (CON57)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Proving Damages (CON08_08)
    • Foreseeability
      • Foreseeability (CON58)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Foreseeability (CON08_16)
    • Mitigation
      • Mitigation (CON59)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies: Mitigation of Damages (CON08_02)
    • Measuring Expectation: The Cost of Completion
      • Cost of Completion (CON51)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Cost of Completion (CON08_12)
    • Substantial Performance
      • Substantial Performance (CON53)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Substantial Performance / Breach (CON08_14)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Excuse of Performance (CON08_15)
    • Reliance
      • Reliance Damages (CON52)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Reliance Damages (CON08_09)
    • Restitution
      • Restitution (CON43)
      • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - Restitution (CON08_13)
    • Liquidated Damages
      • Liquidated Damages (CON54)
      • Contract Tutorials on Damages - Liquidated Damages (CON08_10)
  • UCC Remedies
    • UCC Remedies: An Introduction (CON49)
    • UCC Remedies: Seller's Remedies When Buyer is in Breach (CON48)
    • UCC Remedies: Buyer's Remedies When the Seller is in Breach (CON50)
    • ITT v LTX. An Interactive Exploration of UCC Article 2 (SAL01)
    • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - UCC Damage Rules (CON08_05)
    • Contract Tutorials on Remedies - UCC Damage Rules for Buyers (CON08_06)
• Third Parties
  • Third Party Beneficiaries
    • Third Party Beneficiaries (CON05)
  • Assignment and Delegation
    • Assignment and Delegation (CON66)
    • Exploring Article 2 (CON10)
• Additional Topics
  • UCC
    • ITT v LTX: An Interactive Exploration of UCC Article 2 (SAL01)
    • Drafting a Contract: The Sale of Goods (CON04)
    • Exploring Article 2 (CON10)
  • Drafting Contracts
    • Drafting a Contract: The Sale of Goods (CON04)
    • Drafting with 'And' and 'Or' (LWR04)
    • Drafting Contracts Using 'Shall', 'May' and 'Must' (LWR05)
  • Choice of Law
    • Choice of Law Podcast (CON70P)
  • United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
    • CISG Basics: Scope and General Provisions (CON74)
    • CISG Basics: Formation (CON75)
    • CISG Basics: Performance (CON76)
  • ​ Law and Economics
    • ​Coase's Irrelevance 'Theorem' (LCS02)