Scott J. Burnham

Scott J. Burnham spent most of his long career at The University of Montana and Gonzaga School of Law, where he was the Curley Professor of Commercial Law. He taught in the areas of contracts, commercial law, and intellectual property. Professor Burnham received his J.D. and LL.M. degrees from New York University School of Law in 1974 and 1981. Between degrees, he practiced in New York City with a distinguished firm and after its dissolution continued as a sole practitioner. He has been a visiting professor at Santa Clara, Tennessee, Western New England, Memphis, UNLV, Hawaii, Ohio State, Cardozo, Vytautas Magnus (Lithuania) and SWUPL (Chongqing, China). Under the auspices of Fulbright, he taught at Montevideo (Uruguay) and Can Tho (Vietnam). He is the author of numerous law review articles in the fields of contracts, consumer law and legal education. Among his books are Contract Law for Dummies (Wiley) and Drafting and Analyzing Contracts: A Guide to the Practical Application of the Principles of Contract Law (4th ed. Carolina Academic Press). He is a past President of CALI and a member of the ALI. You can reach him at scottjburnham at gmail.com

CALI Lessons

This table shows Lessons and podcasts by this author. It includes Lesson title, CALI Topics for the Lesson, the date the Lesson was published on the CALI website, the date the Lesson was last updated, and run/usage totals for the past 30 and 120 days.

Note: usage information for podcasts is not available here and is marked as N/A.

Lesson Title CALI Topic(s) Latest update Runs Past 30 Days Runs Past 120 Days
UCC Remedies: An Introduction July 19, 2018
79
196
Overview and Sources of Contract Law October 6, 2021
123
764
UCC Remedies: Buyer's Remedies When the Seller is in Breach January 4, 2023
130
195
Cost of Completion August 4, 2016
30
67
Reliance Damages July 19, 2018
185
370
Substantial Performance July 19, 2018
106
209
Liquidated Damages February 20, 2019
34
84
Specific Performance January 4, 2023
50
142
Expectation Damages July 19, 2018
197
462
An Introduction to Contract Remedies May 8, 2023
77
272
Certainty August 4, 2016
31
78
Restitution February 20, 2019
44
112
Implied Terms December 12, 2018
71
269
Warranties February 13, 2019
127
380
Conditions March 14, 2019
169
404
Defenses May 5, 2023
103
253
Illegal Promises August 3, 2016
48
198
Unjust Terms (Unconscionability) September 23, 2020
95
343
Misunderstanding and Mistake February 20, 2019
82
293
Fraud and Misrepresentation August 3, 2016
97
229