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UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
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1. Introduction
   1. Sources of contract law
      1. Commentary.Sources of contract law
      2. Problem.Dispute.Digital photographs
      3. Nim Plastics Corp. v. Standex International Corp.
   2. Commentary.Introductory vocabulary and concepts
   3. Commentary.Restitution
2. Contract formation and alteration
   1. What promises are enforceable and why? 
      1. Consideration
         1. Commentary.Consideration and estoppel
         2. Hamer v. Sidway
         3. Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
         4. Allegheny College v. The National Chautauqua County Bank of Jamestown
         5. Strong v. Sheffield
         6. Mattei v. Hopper
         7. Indiana-Amercian Water Co., Inc. v. Town of Seelyville
         8. Passante v. McWilliam
      2. Promissory estoppel
         1. Problem.Dispute.Sale of residence (Part A)
         2. Kirksey v. Kirksey
         3. Ricketts v. Scothorn
         4. Garcia v. Von Micsky
   2. How and when do enforceable promises arise?
      1. Commentary.Mutual assent
      2. Introduction to offer and acceptance
         1. Donovan v. RRL Corporation
         2. Beard Implement Company, Inc. v. Krusa
         3. Problem.Dispute.Duration of offers (Part A)
         4. Problem.Dispute.Graduation party
         5. Problem.Dispute.Sale of used Jaguar
      3. Options
         1. Problem.Dispute.Duration of offers (Part B)
         2. Problem.Dispute.World Cup soccer balls (Part A)
         3. Commentary.Option contracts
         4. James Baird Co. v. Gimbel Bros., Inc.
         5. Drennan v. Star Paving Co.
         6. First National Bancshares of Beloit, Inc. v. Geisel
      4. Sufficiently definite terms
         1. Academy Chicago Publishers v. Cheever
         2. Lafayette Place Associates v. Boston Redevelopment Authority
      5. Inconsistent intention
         1. Problem.Dispute.Contests
         2. Lucy v. Zehmer
         3. Leonard v. Pepsico
         4. Problem.Dispute.Misunderstanding
         5. Raffles v. Wichelhaus
         6. Problem.Dispute.University purchase of fire extinguishers
         7. Steiner v. Mobil Oil Corp.
      6. Mutual assent in the mass distribution of consumer products, services, and information
         1. ProCD v. Zeidenberg
         2. Hill v. Gateway 2000, Inc.
         3. Mattingly v. Hughes Electronics Corporation
      7. Implied-in-fact contracts
         1. Problem.Dispute.Soccer trainer
         2. Marvin v. Marvin
   3. Pre-contractual liability and agreements to negotiate
      1. Pop's Cones, Inc. v. Resorts International Hotel, Inc.
      2. Copeland v. Baskin Robbins U.S.A.
   4. Altering contractual relationships through rescission, modification, and waiver, and settling claims
      1. Problem.Dispute.Litigating sexual harassment claim
      2. Commentary.Pre-existing duty
      3. Watkins v. Carrig
      4. Angel v. Murray
      5. LaGuardia Associates and Field Hotel Associates v. Holiday Hospitality Franchising, Inc.
      6. Wisconsin Knife Works v. National Metal Crafters
      7. Commentary.Settlement of claims
      8. Problem.Dispute.Settlement of tort claim (Part A)
      9. Foakes v. Beer
      10. Fiege v. Boehm
      11. Problem.Dispute.Check tendered in satisfaction
3. Avoidance of contracts:  For what reasons may a party avoid the obligations of a contract?
   1. Commentary.Capacity
   2. Statute of Frauds
      1. Problem.Dispute.Purchase of juke box
      2. Problem.Dispute.Sale of used Jaguar (reprise)
      3. Commentary.Statute of Frauds
      4. Commentary.Electronic communication
      5. Donovan v. RRL Corporation (reprise)
      6. Hoffman v. Boone
   3. Mistake, misrepresentation, duress, and undue influence
      1. Commentary.Mistake, misrepresentation, duress, and undue influence
      2. Mistake
         1. Problem.Dispute.Settlement of tort claim (Part A) (reprise)
         2. Problem.Dispute.World Cup soccer balls (Part B)
         3. Sherwood v. Walker
         4. Knudsen v. Jensen
         5. Problem.Dispute.Ecoville garbage collection
         6. Donovan v. RRL Corporation (reprise)
         7. Drennan v. Star Paving Co. (reprise)
      3. Misrepresentation
         1. Problem.Dispute.Noise abatement
         2. Problem.Dispute.Litigating sexual harassment claim (reprise)
         3. Problem.Dispute.Sale of residence (Part B)
         4. Problem.Planning.Residential real estate disclosure
         5. Quill v. Newberry
         6. Syester v. Banta
         7. Stambovsky v. Ackley
      4. Duress, and undue influence
         1. Problem.Dispute.Settlement of tort claim (Part B)
         2. Problem.Dispute.Noise abatement (reprise)
         3. Problem.Dispute.Litigating sexual harassment claim (reprise)
         4. Austin Instrument, Inc. v. Loral Corporation
         5. Totem Marine Tug & Barge, Inc. v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
         6. Smith v. Ellison
   4. Public policy
   1. Problem.Dispute.Settlement of tort claim (Part B) (reprise)
   2. Commentary.Public policy
   3. Trotter v. Nelson
   4. Tunkl v. Regents of the University of California
   5. Marvin v. Marvin (reprise)
4. Contract terms:  What are the sources, meaning, nature, and effect of terms in a contract?
   1. Source of terms
      1. Commentary.Terms
      2. Parol evidence
         1. Problem.Dispute.Paint in the History Club
         2. Problem.Dispute.Ecoville garbage collection (reprise)
         3. Commentary.Parol evidence
         4. Masterson v. Sine
         5. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Hadid
      3. Implied-in-fact terms
         1. Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (reprise)
         2. Pugh v. See's Candies
      4. Terms supplied by default rules
         1. Problem.Dispute.Laptop computer
         2. Commentary.Default terms
         3. Bailey v. Tucker Equipment Sales, Inc.
         4. Hicks v. Superior Court
         5. Acree v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
         6. Market Street Associates v. Frey
   2. Interpretation of terms
      1. General principles
         1. Problem.Dispute.Athlete endorsement (Part A)
         2. Commentary.Interpretation
         3. Bond Drug Co. of Illinois v. Amoco Oil Co.
         4. The Prytania Park Hotel, Ltd. v. General Star Indemnity Co.
         5. Frigaliment Importing Co. v. B.N.S. International Sales Corp.
         6. Problem.Drafting.Athlete endorsement
         7. Problem.Drafting.Education expenses
      2. Extrinsic evidence (including parol evidence)
      1. Problem.Dispute.Paint in the History Club (reprise)
      2. Problem.Dispute.Ecoville garbage collection (reprise)
      3. Tahoe National Bank v. Phillips
      4. Trident Center v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
      5. CISG Advisory Opinion No. 3
   3. Avoidance of unconscionable terms
      1. Commentary.Unconscionability
      2. Problem.Planning.Reverse mortgages
      3. Problem.Dispute.Noise abatement (reprise)
      4. Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture
      5. Stirlen v. Supercuts, Inc.
      6. K. D.   v. Educational Testing Service
   4. Nature and effect of terms
      1. Promises and conditions
         1. Problem.Dispute.Athlete endorsement (Part A) (reprise)
         2. Problem.Dispute.Ecoville garbage collection (reprise)
         3. Problem.Drafting.Mr. Wizard
         4. Commentary.Promises and conditions
         5. Commentary.Anatomy of a written agreement
         6. Dove v. Rose Acre Farms, Inc.
         7. Howard v. Federal Crop Insurance Corp.
         8. New York Bronze Powder Co., Inc. v. Benjamin Acquisition Corp.
         9. Kennedy Associates, Inc. v. Fischer
         10. Charter Oak Fire Insurance Co. v. Color Converting Industries Co.
         11. J. N. A. Realty Corp. v Cross Bay Chelsea
      2. Constructive conditions of impossibility, impracticability, and frustration
         1. Problem.Dispute.Athlete endorsement (Part B)
         2. Problem.Dispute.Sale of refrigerator
         3. Commentary.Discharge by impracticability or frustration of purpose
         4. Taylor v. Caldwell
         5. Mineral Park Land Co. v. Howard
         6. 7200 Scottsdale Road General Partners v. Kuhn Farm Machinery, Inc.
         7. Power Engineering & Mft., Ltd. v. Krug Int'l
5. Breach of contract:  What are the consequences of a party's breach of contract?
   1. Discharging remaining duties of the injured party
      1. Problem.Dispute.Athlete endorsement (Part A) (reprise)
      2. Problem.Dispute.Ecoville garbage collection (reprise)
      3. Problem.Drafting.Surrogacy contract
      4. Commentary.Failures of performance that discharge duties of counter-performance
      5. Van Oort Construction Company, Inc. v. Nuckoll's Concrete Service, Inc.
      6. Problem.Dispute.Swimming pool
      7. Jacob & Youngs v. Kent
      8. Problem.Dispute.Bar examination tutor (divisibility issue only)
      9. Problem.Dispute.Hotel scale models
      10. Problem.Dispute.Professors' plaques
      11. Problem.Dispute.Post revocation use
   2. Restitution for the breaching party
      1. Commentary.Restitution (reprise)
      2. Problem.Dispute.Bar examination tutor (reprise)
      3. Fish v. Correll
      4. Ducolon Mechanical, Inc. v. Shinstine/Forness, Inc.
   3. Anticipatory repudiation and adequate assurance of performance
      1. Commentary.Anticipatory repudiation and adequate assurance of performance
      2. Hochster v. De La Tour
      3. Saewitz v. Epstein
      4. Hope's Architectural Products, Inc. v. Lundy's Construction, Inc.
      5. Problem.Planning.Adequate assurance of performance
   4. Remedy of specific performance or injunction
      1. Commentary.Remedies
      2. Smith, Waters, Kuehn, Burnett & Hughes, Ltd. v. Burnett
   5. Remedy of compensatory damages or restitution
      1. Expectation measure
         1. Problem.Dispute.Expectation measure
         2. Commentary.Compensatory damages
      2. Limitations:  Forseeability, avoidable consequences, reasonable certainty
         1. Problem.Dispute.Leak in an SUV (Part A)
         2. Hadley v. Baxendale
         3. Problem.Dispute.Pet store neon signs
         4. Rockingham County v. Luten Bridge Co.
         5. Problem.Planning.Law professor
         6. Parker  v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp
         7. R.B. Matthews, Inc. v. Transamerica Transportation Services, Inc.
         8. Texas Instruments, Inc. v. Teletron Energy Management, Inc.
         9. Chicago Coliseum Club v. Dempsey
      3. Reliance measure or restitution
      1. Sullivan v. O'Connor
      2. Chicago Coliseum Club v. Dempsey (reprise)
      3. United States v. Algernon Blair, Inc.
   6. Tort damages
      1. Freeman & Mills, Inc. v. Belcher Oil Co.
      2. Lazar v. Superior Court
      3. Erlich v. Menezes
      4. Robinson Helicopter Co., Inc. v. Dana Corporation
   7. Agreements about remedies
   1. Commentary.Liquidated damages, remedy substitutes, and remedy limits
   2. Resnick v. Uccello Immobilien GMBH, Inc.
   3. Vanderbilt University v. Dinardo
   4. Problem.Planning.Liquidated damages
   5. Problem.Dispute.Leak in an SUV (Part B)
   6. Milgard Tempering, Inc. v. Selas Corporation of America
   7. Problem.Drafting.Excluding consequential damages