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CONTENTS

PART I COMMON LAW OF CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.Contracts and Contract Law
1.1Definition of “Contract”
1.2Sources of the Law of Contract
2.Classifications of Contracts
Case 1: Hawkins v. McGee
Review Questions

CHAPTER 2 FORMATION OF CONTRACT
1.Offer
1.1Elements of Offer
Case 2: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.
1.2Invitation to Make an Offer
Case 3: Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store
1.3Termination of Offer
Case 4: Ardente v. Horan
2.Acceptance
2.1Elements of Acceptance
2.2Effectiveness of Acceptance
3.Consideration
3.1Elements of Consideration
Case 5: Hamer v. Sidway
Case 6: Harris v. Time, Inc.
3.2Invalid Consideration
Case 7: Slattery v. Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp.
3.3Promissory Estoppel
Case 8: Ricketts v. Scothorn
Review Questions

CHAPTER 3 DEFENSES
1.Misrepresentation
2.Mistake
3.Duress
4.Undue Influence
5.Capacity of Parties
Case 9: Bobby Floars Toyota, Inc.v. Smith, Jr.
6.Illegality
Case 10: Strictland v. Gulf Life Ins.Co.
7.Statute of Frauds
Case 11: Colorado Carpet Installation, Inc.v. Palermo
8.The Parol Evidence Rule
Review Questions

CHAPTER 4 SELECTED TOPICS ON COMMON LAW OF CONTRACT
1.Performance
Case 12: Beckman v. VassallDillworth LincolnMercury, Inc.
2.Remedies
3.Assignmentof Contract Rights and Delegation of Duties
4.Third Party Beneficiaries
Review Questions

PART II COMMON LAW OF TORTS

CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION TO TORT LAW
1.Torts vs.Crimes
2.Torts vs.Breach of Contracts
3.Classifications of Torts
4.Remedies
Review Questions

CHAPTER 6 INTENTIONAL TORTS
1.The General Elements of Intentional Torts
2.Intentional Torts to the Person
2.1Battery and Assault
Case 13：Vosburg v. Putney
Case 14：Hackbart v. Cincinnati Bengals, Inc.
Case 15：Fisher v. Carrousel Motor Hotel, Inc.
2.2False Imprisonment
Case 16：Marius S.Coblyn v. Kennedys Inc.et al.
2.3Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Case 17：Robert Logan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
3.Intentional Torts to Property
3.1Trespass and Nuisance
3.2Conversion
Case 18：RussellVaughn Ford, Inc.v. E.W.Rouse
4.Defenses to Intentional Torts
Case 19：Katko v. Briney
Case 20：Courvoisier v. Raymond
5.Intentional Torts to Economic and Dignitary Interests
5.1Defamation
Case 21：Hedgpeth v. Coleman
Case 22：Fisher v. Detroit Free Press, Inc.
5.2Invasion of Privacy
Case 23：Carl H.Hamberger v. Clifford C.Eastman
Case 24：Toniann Diaz v. Oakland Tribune, Inc.
Case 25：Godbehere v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
Review Questions

CHAPTER 7 TORTS OF NEGLIGENCE
1.Duty
1.1The General Duty
1.2To Whom the Duty of Care Owed
1.3Standard of Care
1.4Duty Owed by Owners and Occupiers of Land
1.5Affirmative Duty to Act
Case 26：Tubbs v. Argus
2.Breach
Case 27：Boyer v. Iowa High School Athletic Association
3.Damage
4.Causation
Case 28：Lyons v. Midnight Sun Transportation Services, Inc.
Case 29：Palsgraf v. The Long Island Railroad Co.
5.Defenses to Negligence
Case 30：Knight v. Jewett
Review Questions

CHAPTER 8 STRICT LIABILITY
1.A Prima Facie Case
2.Products Liability
3.Defenses to Strict Liability
Review Questions

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