Course

Contracts

Course Description

Contracts is the study of private law making, i.e., the consensual creation of legally enforceable rights and duties among private parties. The course examines basic concepts of economic relationships, the tension between freedom of contract and fairness in dealing, and the interplay between rules and “justice.” The course addresses such substantive issues as how to read a contract, contract formation, enforceability, conditions, defenses, and remedies. Contracts, therefore, provides a foundation for much of the curriculum: Business Associations, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection, and more. Evening students will take Contracts (4). Depending upon academic assignments made in the summer prior to the start of the student’s first year in law school, some day students will take Contracts (4); other day students will take Introduction to Contracts (2) and Contracts II (3).

Current and Previous Instructors

Key to Codes in Course Descriptions

P: Prerequisite
C: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course

Currently Scheduled Sections

CRN: 98741

Semester Fall '24
Credits 4
Room 205
Schedule Tues: 1:05-3:05
Thurs: 1:05-3:05
Day
Instructor Russell McClain
Limits 0 openings. (Limit 60). LD1 only

CRN: 98941

Semester Fall '24
Credits 4
Room 460
Schedule Mon: 1:05-3:05
Wed: 2:10-4:10
Day
Instructor Kevin Tu
Limits 0 openings. (Limit 60). LD1 only

CRN: 98628

Semester Fall '24
Credits 4
Room 107
Schedule Mon: 9:50-11:50
Thurs: 8:45-10:45
Day
Instructor Liza Vertinsky
Limits 0 openings. (Limit 60). LD1 only

CRN: 98631

Semester Fall '24
Credits 4
Room 302
Schedule Tues: 6:30-8:30
Thurs: 6:30-8:30
Evening
Instructor William Moon
Limits 8 openings. (Limit 30). Second Year Evening Required